Firefighters battle attic fire near East Worthington Ave, Charlotte NC


Firefighters responded to a fire alarm near East Worthington Avenue. They found an active fire in the attic involving the Delta and Bravo sides of the building. Crews worked on extinguishing fire in the attic and wall areas, with efforts focused near the chimney and upstairs bedroom areas. A digging crew was requested to assist. Operations continued to manage and suppress the fire inside the attic space.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
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Ladder 2, fire alarm, near East Worthington Avenue.
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On T, golf.
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Ladder 2, fire alarm, near East Worthington Avenue.
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42 alarm. Medical homes, thank you.
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2 margin 42.
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Baker, you're looking better now.
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How'd it?
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68 on, I'm seeing.
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Here's 11, such, Premontas, please.
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T. Welcome, ma'ampton.
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Ladder 2 along.
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Ladder 2, go ahead.
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We'll be going on emergency since.
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It's just a reset.
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Tell me a letter 2.
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All right, happy next.
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You're ready.
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Alright, they're just quite ready.
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Saker, are they going to be at the...
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Burn that Delta upstairs room?
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Or we gotta come downstairs now?
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No, that'll be able to burn it.
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You got fire still up there in that attic somewhere, between the two... The Bravo side bedroom and that bathroom.
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You got fire from the binhole now, too.
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Yeah, I'm dude.
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It can be along.
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Back crew, let's go.
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Mark to Barb.
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Get it.
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I think one of your pieces on your overhead bermcrop fell.
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Let's just, we'll keep it at one. We'll just light one side.
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Okay, it's fine.
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I'll be back in there in a second.
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We've got fire an attic.
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I'm not working on.
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Alright, you're going to have to get up in the attic.
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You got fire in the attic near that hanging chimney on the delta side.
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Hi.
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Go ahead.
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Has Timon showed up yet?
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That's negative.
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All right, Timor did a digging crew,
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but I know they won't actually call for it until somebody gets here, but now no one's arrived yet.
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All right, time for you. I did request it on the notes when I called them that they're going to need a digging crew.
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So we'll start to move up to 19 until we figure out what Piedmont's doing.
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Ten, four. I'll let you know when they get here.
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Temple, come in.
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All right, second line.
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Go up stairs, the top of the stairs, hang the left, go to that bedroom.
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It's all in the attic.
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Station reassignment, engine 39, move to station 19. Station reassignment, engine 39, move to station 19.
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It's still in that delta wall that's going to be opened up there.
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You're starting to look better.
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No,
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you're going to burn that flat up.
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Repeat that.
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We're reaching a good project in the attic, but we're not to be able to burn up here again.
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Location mentioned:
Near E Worthington Ave, Charlotte, NC 28203
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