Chimney damaged by lightning on Bedford Street, Stamford CT
Fire & ArsonA chimney on Bedford Street was damaged by a lightning strike. There is no fire or smoke, but the chimney is unstable and parts could fall. Fire crews are investigating, and building officials have been requested for safety inspection.
Audio|Source: Stamford Fire and EMS - Digital
01:44
Transcript:
00:00
All right, why don't you start police here? We've got Bedford Street shut down.
00:04
We're investigating a chimney that looks like it's been damaged on top of one of the buildings.
00:09
But we have an aerial ladder up, and Bedford Street is now closed.
00:12
Where do you see, you know for?
00:13
Okay, wonderful, man. We're at the roof.
00:14
We got a breakthrough padlock to get access onto it.
00:17
No one command.
00:19
There's no visible fire.
00:20
There was definitely a lightning strike.
00:21
To the chimney, we are on the roof made in interior access.
00:25
Apparently it's the only access to the roof, unless you're going to take a ladder.
00:28
There's no smoke or fire.
00:30
There's no smoke or fire.
00:34
In morning, it will come in.
00:36
Race crew's going up the back stairs up to the roof through a hatching side of those.
00:39
A structural problem that would be part of the chimney shape.
00:43
We're probably going to need building out here.
00:44
It looks like part of it could still fall off.
00:47
Affirmative, that would be fine.
00:48
All right, if you hear that, we'll go recall holding truck three and 21.
00:53
All right, received.
00:55
You want building the department also?
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Location mentioned:
Bedford St, Stamford, CT
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