Fire contained near Sterling airport hangar with minimal damage, Sterling VA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a fire near the United Hangar at Sterling airport. They contained the fire quickly, preventing it from spreading. The gravel base around the approach lights stopped the fire from reaching them. Minimal damage occurred, mainly inside the aircraft engine, with the left wing mostly unaffected.
Audio|Heard on: Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) Public Safety
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03:32
Transcript:
00:00
Pilot's reporting that left main is still a little warm, but they are within normal, so if you guys want to wrap up, we're going to get them hooked up to the Tokyo.
00:11
Got me that, sir.
00:16
Hi.
00:21
Bravo engine 606 and engine 624th officer meet me at battalion 603 vehicle
00:31
and off my boss
00:43
From 341 from Rayport fire fire
00:53
I have you assume Northern Division.
00:59
Copy, what units do I have?
01:05
Phone 340,
01:08
yourself,
01:09
engine 436, engine 415, phone 341, engine 425,
01:15
and tanker 439.
01:24
Charlie.
01:26
All right.
01:37
Five.
01:40
Go ahead.
01:43
Hey, can we call United and have them not move this aircraft down here by the hangar?
01:49
We got fire apparatus and drive it over there to get filled up on the hydrants.
01:57
Roger.
02:02
Update down here looks like the gravel base around the NAVAIDs on these approach lights prevented the fire from getting close so there's no damage or any sign of the fire on the approach lights All right, Kevin, hey Jeff, can you go over to the United Hangar and talk to them and ask them not to move this aircraft around right now? We're trying to get apparatus over there to fill up from the hydrogen.
02:30
Yeah, let me get back to my vehicle.
02:33
Hey, Kinsey and Jones, this is Sam.
02:35
Good afternoon.
02:36
Good work out there.
02:37
Do me a favor, take pictures of, if you find any scrapnel out there, and send them to my phone, please.
02:43
Any pictures that you can get, take a lot of pictures, send it to my cell phone.
02:47
Thank you.
02:49
Hey, Sam, I'm bringing you samples right now.
02:52
I've got to go get my new batteries, so I'll bring you what we got.
02:56
Roger. Send for, appreciate it.
02:58
Jim, I got a pretty big one, uh, come down my way.
03:02
All right, copy that.
03:10
Two day,
03:13
three.
03:16
Three, good.
03:18
Barkerman asks, are they trying to take a vehicle out or a plane?
03:25
Very minimal, if any damage to the left wing.
03:29
Looks like it was all inside the engine, really.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Autopilot Dr, Sterling, VA 20166
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