Fire at commercial building ceiling near Arlington St, Chelsea MA
Fire & ArsonA fire broke out above the oven system in the ceiling near a chimney at a large commercial building near Arlington Street in Chelsea. Fire crews found smoke and fire that extended toward the roof. The fire escalated to a working fire and a second alarm was called due to difficulty in containment. Firefighters used ladders and metal saws to access the roof and ceiling to control the fire.
Audio|Source: Chelsea Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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They're reporting a fire above the oven system.
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Copy to Tower One Channel 2.
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So,
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Captain, grab your search lines.
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Bring that in with you, okay?
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Raise.
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And you for the Conchrate.
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Copy. Copy.
00:37
Any idea what entrance is that for us?
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Negative,
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follow the routine.
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We'll hit that front door first.
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We'll see front door.
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After you enter four.
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That's your point.
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Go get in there first two, grab your high right stop, okay.
01:10
Receive.
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Not free to file up, channel two.
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Answer.
01:23
(number withheld) Arlington Street. We've got a two-story, large commercial building,
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investigating.
01:30
I do have an order of smoke yet.
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My story, commercial,
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investigating, auto smoke,
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2003.
01:46
Call 1-1-1-A-100, other side, front compartment by the river.
01:56
We're at the rear of the building.
02:04
Rear of the building.
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Okay, engine one, get fetal light into the sprinkler system.
02:17
Can be any entrance?
02:20
Where in the rear of the building? Then you want.
02:23
Okay, get the top of a set to the roof there.
02:26
Command calling engine 400.
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400.
02:35
Get out two and a half to the door here and we're going to tie in the high rise. Command to fire alarm channel 2. The alarm, answer.
02:49
I do have a small condition in the building reporting on fire above the ovens, tower one's investigating. Cool condition in the building, town one investigating,
03:05
2006.
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TMS is going to have one of the BI.
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Command answering.
03:28
A fire in the ceiling right by the chimney.
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Hubbets been shut down.
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Looks like it's at the roof level.
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You're going to need a company up there. Ansel's discharged down here.
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Okay, active red till like it's contained.
03:51
Can you repeat that?
03:54
Is that still running or is it contained? You feel like it's contained?
03:58
No, it's not contained. It's in the ceiling.
04:03
It's open up on the roof.
04:05
Probably a 18 by 18 inch chippy rate that's better.
04:14
Okay, have the message. Can me answer the fire alarm channel 2?
04:18
Fire alarm's answering.
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Uh,
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(name withheld), (name withheld), uh,
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working fire[1].
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Got a fire up the oven,
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I believe it's extended towards the roof.
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Working fire, due to a fire, end of the ceiling, right by the chimney.
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20-08.
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Command call on ladder two.
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Loud of two.
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Stick to the roof,
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looking for that chimney.
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Center of the building, gonna have to open up.
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(number withheld) out of street, K of Foods.
05:02
Come here, it's a fire alarm, channel 2.
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With the size that it's golden, I... I don't have a shore for contained, so strike second alarm[2]. Or is the Deputy McGarry?
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Second second alarm[2], 20-09.
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All right in command.
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Can be in the entry.
05:34
We have a little bit of a shot at it. We got a pretty thick corrugated steel ceiling.
05:39
We can try and open it up with a metal saw, but we're going to need a line up here and some ladders.
05:48
Okay, how's the message?
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Line is getting in place at this time. We're putting out into operation.
05:58
You need, how big of a ladder you need inside, Cap.
06:06
If we get a lot of pipe it in the way I'm trying to find a good spot, probably the little giant maybe we can get extended.
06:15
I'm going to hit it with one of their ancills right now.
06:19
Okay, have a message.
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Command 2,
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Engine 2. Are you outside on Arlington?
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As affirmative, much pleasant.
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Grab me a feeder line on 2nd Street and lay it out, lay it into engine 4, please.
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Add a message.
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Come in to ladder 2.
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Ladder 2.
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You have a set to the roof?
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Shut up right now and I'll get up there.
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Okay, have the message.
06:58
It's all companies.
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Use accountability on this address here.
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Stick together.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
working fire: Confirmed active fire requiring full assignment and additional resources.
[2]
second alarm: Elevated response level requesting additional resources beyond the initial assignment due to incident escalation.
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Location mentioned:
Near Arlington St, Chelsea, MA 02150
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