Backyard shed fire causes evacuation in Charlotte, Charlotte NC


A backyard shed near Applewood Lane in Charlotte caught fire and was fully involved. Residents were advised to evacuate the area. Firefighters responded quickly and controlled the fire. The homeowner was unsure of the cause but reported a loud explosion prior to the fire.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
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Transcript:
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Alarming companies responding near Applewood Lane.
00:04
Cross streets are the dead in and Chestnut Lake Drive, 23 still.
00:09
Caughted by the resident advising that a shed in the backyard was on fire.
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You have engine 29 as your writ company with a hydrant near Applewood Lane.
00:20
Evacuation was advised.
00:28
Engine 4. Ill person, near North Church Street. On the ECHO.
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Engine 4. Ill person.
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Near North Church Street.
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On ECHO.
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Echo.
00:48
Patience is a severe pain.
00:50
Got a colossomy bag, probably some kind of infection on them.
01:00
Power 3, structure fire, near appellate lane on B,
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Bravo. Tower 3, structure fire, near Applewood Lane, on B, Bravo.
01:17
Hundreds of all thank you.
01:24
Medics 72 are you direct?
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Central to Medics 72.
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A minute's engine two central. Ententee two, central.
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Engine two, go ahead.
01:46
A huge note is clear and available.
01:49
Available in the 918.
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Medics are a route. They're coming at some station 42.
02:03
Go for 7-2.
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72. So if you can cancel, Cornelius and Huntersville, we're unable to locate.
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10-4[1].
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Angis 21.
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Here's we got a shed fully involved, engine 23b command.
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T.423b command, Shiafully involved.
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The latter, 4.3 is on the scene.
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Andrew 42 is arriving. There's a hydrant.
02:44
Very long.
02:46
Medicsson and you went closer unit.
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All right, thank you.
02:53
10444. 42,
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command. You want the hunter.
03:04
Stand by, I just want to take it.
03:06
Let me take a look at this thing.
03:15
Engine 11, netigroutine fall with injury, West Brooklyn Village Avenue and South Church Street. Engine 11, Netta Groutine Fallwood's Injury, West Brooklyn Village Avenue and South Church Street.
03:29
Sixty-five to come in, we're all seen, the back of 23.
03:35
That's fine, just bring your personnel up here with some hooks once we'll put this thing out, we're going to have to pull the park.
03:44
Standage of 29, I'm seen.
03:49
29, just stand by your apparatus.
03:57
Command no harm.
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Command, go ahead.
04:03
Go ahead and send me an investigator out here.
04:06
Ten for a command.
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Investigator one alarm, Warren, Ralph.
04:16
Two for an investigator one. Investigator one, thank you.
04:27
Investigator 1, Structure Fire, near Napawitt Lane on B,
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Bravo. Investigator 1, Structure Fire,
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near Apple lane on B, Bravo.
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Command, no longer.
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Command, go ahead.
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You can give me a control on the fire.
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Timur, Command Control, Time 0.022.
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I'm going to hold with the 23, 42,
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65, everybody else can go in service.
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For Command, Hoda, Station 23 and Station 42.
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Command the Investigator 1.
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Go ahead.
05:29
Charlie just give you a heads up. It looks like we got a 25 by 20, maybe 25 by 25 outdoors shed that Scott's got much stuff in the homeowner doesn't know what caused it, just hurt a loud explosion.
05:44
I'll be that. We'll see you shortly.
05:48
Okay.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received and understood.
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Near Applewood Ln, Charlotte, NC 28227
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