Fire crews respond to blaze near State Avenue and River Road, Cincinnati OH


Fire crews are responding to an active fire near State Avenue and River Road in Cincinnati. They face challenges accessing the fire and plan to use a hydrant on River Road and guide the attack from above. They may need to drag hoses across train tracks to reach the fire.
Audio|Source: Cincinnati Fire
03:23
Transcript:
00:00
Truck 17 okay?
00:01
You have fireground D. David 2, D. David 2.
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Engine 17 respond, under request of Truck 17, State Avenue and River Road,
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Fireground D. David 2. Engine 17, at the request of Truck 17,
00:24
State Avenue and River Road,
00:26
Fireground, D. David 2.
00:37
Truck 2, Medic 32 respond, near Town Street, crushing to Fishwick and Paddock,
00:43
70-year-old female,
00:46
cardiac trouble.
00:48
Defibrillator firing, fireground is A-2.
00:50
Truck 2, Medic 32,
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near Town Street,
00:55
70-year-old female, cardiac issues.
00:59
Internal defibrillator firing, fireground is A-2.
01:10
Ashton 17, are you guys on the fireground?
01:13
You're on, Maine.
01:21
Engine 17, are you guys on the fireground?
01:31
Go ahead, truck 17.
01:35
So we can see this fire from up here on the overpass.
01:39
I would sound hard to access.
01:41
I think our first plan of attack is if you guys go down to River Road
01:45
and get a hydrant and try to hit it with a dead gun,
01:49
and we will guide you from up here.
01:55
Okay, we're right across, we're right below you here, I guess.
02:02
Can you tell how big it is? I mean, can we pick a line through there?
02:08
I think you can't take a line through there.
02:11
I can call CSX. I'm just on the train while you can do there.
02:17
Okay.
02:26
Can you call CSIS? I'll show down the trains here at our locations.
02:30
We're going to have to just drag a handline across the track.
02:34
Okay.
02:43
Hey, Brittany,
02:45
we're driving down here on the grass and we're going to lay off and get closer to the track.
02:54
That's clear. I think we're going to reach the chance to try to get a little closer.
03:10
Go ahead.
03:12
17, do you see any type of crossing sign with numbers on it or can you tell me is the tracks crossing over state or river?
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