Working structure fire with hazardous materials near Mt Holly Rd, Charlotte NC
Fire & ArsonA structure fire occurred near Mt Holly Rd with significant interior fire and smoke. Firefighters reported hazardous materials inside, including 500 gallons of diesel fuel and 500 gallons of oil. The interior fire was knocked down and crews worked on extinguishing hot spots and smoke removal. Some structural damage was noted with warping of support beams. Crews ensured no leaking containers remained and continued secondary checks.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
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Transcript:
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R1, second alarm, working structure fire, near Mt Holly Rd, on ECHO.
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R1, second alarm, working structure fire, near Mt Holly Rd, on ECHO.
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We can open these bay doors.
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Copy.
00:27
Command to the Ventilation Group.
00:30
Are y'all both coming off the roof if your arm will reassign you if you can?
00:38
Lethalation group, command.
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Go ahead and beat the land.
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But then on to Van Crew,
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you can stop making that cut.
00:49
You're cutting over it clear.
00:51
Clear, sky, there's nothing underneath you.
00:57
I, team. Actually, go ahead and bring it all the way in.
01:00
There's plenty of room in here.
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We're situated once you get inside this yard here.
01:12
Let me get the...
01:13
Command, if you don't mind, let's get some of these crews to the seaside and open his bay doors.
01:19
All right, thanks, command.
01:25
Command copies.
01:27
Command to the ventilation group.
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Y'all disband that.
01:30
We're terminated the ventilation group.
01:32
I need you to be forcible enter group on a trolley side.
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You'll be working with battalion.
01:37
Yeah, like some great copy.
01:41
And he's time for Thomasville 3.
01:48
urgent thing?
01:51
Okay, ten-four.
01:57
You're going to remain, go out of May.
02:04
All interior fire has been knocked down.
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Just cleaning up hot spots.
02:10
All we need smoke removal.
02:15
...to command.
02:19
You in the calling, command.
02:22
This is 25 driver.
02:23
I had the owner down here with a mechanic on the phone.
02:25
He said there's 500 gallons of diesel fuel and 500 gallons of oil in the building.
02:34
Copy.
02:37
Commandant, sir, just confirming primary, complete, negative, the entire structure.
02:43
Yeah, I've been trying to get out for a few minutes.
02:45
Primary, complete, negative,
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secondaries in progress.
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What's on the command?
02:57
Go ahead.
03:01
Chief, they got all the fire is knocked down inside.
03:04
This is a ventilation issue.
03:07
I would recommend the control time.
03:12
Copy. I'll grab one in just a second.
03:14
Let's let me confirm the primary is complete negative.
03:19
Search groups, sorry about that.
03:20
Do you say primary, complete,
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negative, entire structure?
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Affirmative.
03:25
Secondary is in progress.
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Copy, alarm, do you copy that? The alarm copies primary and negative, secondary in progress.
03:38
Command of a battalion.
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Let's just make sure we ain't got nothing leaking,
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none of them containers, anything needs to be addressed.
03:45
And then we can grab the control.
03:51
Make you the command.
04:00
Just be advised, you've got pretty significant warping of the I-beams on the A side over where the initial fire was.
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All companies inside, side, working under where the initial fire was on the alpha side.
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Stay out from under the warp beams next one.
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Location mentioned:
Near Mt Holly Rd, Charlotte, NC 28214
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