Persons trapped in elevator on 6th floor at Wichita building, Wichita KS

Rescue / Entrapment

Reported: 10/29/2025 04:52 PM

Near N Main, Wichita, KS 67202

People became trapped in an elevator on the 6th floor of a building near North Main Street in Wichita. Rescue crews responded to the scene to assist the individuals and assess the situation. Light smoke was detected inside, believed to be from cooking, but no injuries have been confirmed at this time.

Audio|Source: Wichita and Sedgwick County Fire Resource / OPS-1

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Transcript:

00:00

For an elevator entrapment at near North Main Street, station 1 and 4.

00:08

Battalion 1, Engine 1, Rescue 1, Truck 1, Start 4A, an elevator entrapment, near North Main Street, near North Main on the 10th floor for an elevator entrapment. Battalion 1, Engine 1, Rescue 1, Truck 1, Your Mount Pages 5447, operating on TAC 1, TAC 1 on arrival.

00:29

Agent 41 driver from Engine 41 officer.

00:34

Go ahead.

00:41

411, we're on state, Alder Valley Creek Command.

00:46

The homeowners are outside.

00:52

104 of SBR.

00:57

Teport, can you have them meet me at the front door?

01:00

And got my fan, we do have white smoke inside.

01:08

Hey, Mr. 41, from Valley Creek Command.

01:11

What's your update?

01:16

I'm trying to get a hold of the homeowners here.

01:18

We do have light smoke in, but I believe it's from cooking.

01:27

Okay.

01:30

Let me know if things change if we need to upgrade it or not.

01:34

No. No.

01:39

Board one. Cut.

01:42

Okay.

01:45

Do we have a number of patients in the elevator? On the elevator call.

01:49

No, that's right. I just asked a call-taker. I'm still waiting on an answer.

01:53

Otherwise, I just have that they're going to be stuck on the 6th floor.

02:01

Otherwise, response is going to be near North Main. You guys have Tack 1 on arrival? Tack 1 on arrival?

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Near N Main, Wichita, KS 67202

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