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Fire reported in first-floor restaurant on First StWorcester MA

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First St, Worcester, MA 01602

A fire broke out inside the wine cooler of a first-floor restaurant near First St in Worcester. Fire crews responded quickly, found smoke and fire, and worked to control and extinguish it. Steam from the sprinkler system was also noted, and there was a gas stove keeping the fire active. Firefighters used a standpipe and laid additional hoses to fight the fire.

Audio|Source: Worcester City Fire and EMS
06:45
Transcript:
00:00
We got some smoke filling up but I can't find a resource of yet.
00:04
We did find a sand pipe to connect to.
00:06
We're gonna do that, charge it.
00:09
See if you can use Rescue One Choice Post and you can have location to standpunch.
00:14
Command 2, Engine 3.
00:15
Engine 3, answer.
00:17
Engine 3, can you pull onto Pleasant Street, locate the FTC,
00:20
and take a hydrant and feed the appropriate zone?
00:22
Where you see three hashback?
00:23
Bottom 1, Buffalo 1.
00:25
Agent 6 command, priority traffic[1].
00:28
Engine 6, go ahead with your priority traffic[1].
00:31
Chief, from the exterior, it appears that the new restaurant, First War,
00:37
is... Banked down will smoke pretty good.
00:39
Received, you have smoke in the first floor restaurant.
00:42
Command, engine, 6th.
00:43
Sir, yes, sir, command.
00:44
Yep, located standpipe[2] that can access that area and work on getting in line there.
00:50
Okay, six guys in.
00:52
Ladiport, level one. You get a lot of four?
00:54
Line four answer.
00:55
Report to the alpha side of the building bring the RIT equipment[3].
00:59
Line 4 has that alpha with the RIT equipment[3].
01:02
The RIT equipment[3]. Okay. Rescue the command, standard change.
01:04
Command answering.
01:05
Chief, we made entry to that area that engine 6 had in concern.
01:10
I believe it's steam from a sprinkler.
01:13
There is a smoke condition and it snows like something's burning.
01:16
But all that fog they're seeing is steam.
01:18
Breezee, you believe that smoke four number one is steam.
01:21
Great, command of coffee.
01:22
Coppola. Yeah,
01:23
Chief, can you proceed into the lobby, check the alarm panel, and note all the alarms, see if it will help us locate the origination of the problem.
01:33
Scottpola has it.
01:34
Lobby alarm panel.
01:35
I'm good opportunity to come in.
01:42
Command answering engine 13.
01:44
We're in the basement, we're getting some water probably from the sprinkler above, but can't find any real cheap sources.
01:52
Plow-303 priority traffic[1].
01:54
Flat of 303, go ahead with your priority traffic[1].
01:58
We've located a fire in the restaurant on the first floor.
02:04
Reese, you've located a fire in the restaurant on the first floor.
02:08
Is that fire sprinkler controlled right now?
02:10
Oh, kind of! That's like a gas stove! They keep falling out!
02:14
Command, the ladder three, can you repeat that transmission just a little fluoride? I got something about a gas stove.
02:20
Oh, it's a gas stove that keeps blowing on.
02:23
Engine six, command, priority.
02:25
Command entering engine six of the priority traffic[1].
02:27
Chief, we need a company to lay a horizontal standpipe[2] to the right side prior to the lobby in the courtyard.
02:34
There's no standpipe[2] in the area of the restaurant.
02:37
Command 2 engine 16.
02:38
Command to engine 6?
02:40
6 answer, command.
02:41
Engine 16 in the process of that operation right now, they're taking a line off engine 13.
02:46
Engine 6 has that, thank you.
02:47
Command, the latter one.
02:48
The bottom 1. Title 1.
02:49
51, can you report to you on deck alpha?
02:51
Number one on decked,
02:53
alpha. Command 16 received out, who are the old stamp might be pulled to the restaurant right now?
02:57
Top 13.
02:58
File on the answer.
02:59
Command entering.
03:00
Ten minutes in from the first one.
03:02
Receive, ten minutes in.
03:03
That three-dard demand rent of priority traffic[1].
03:06
Command engine ladder free.
03:07
Fire is in the first floor, AV-corner restaurant, inside the wine cooler.
03:13
We have it venting now.
03:14
There's still fire in the rear of the cooler.
03:17
Preachee, Chief, you still fire in the rear of the cooler.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
priority traffic: Urgent or emergency communication indicating a high-priority event
[2]
standpipe: Firefighting water connection inside a building
[3]
RIT equipment: Rapid Intervention Team gear for firefighter rescue

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First St, Worcester, MA 01602

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