Fire breaks out in lumberyard building rafters, Des Moines IA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a fire at a lumberyard near Douglas Avenue. The fire was burning inside the rafters and lean-to areas of the building, causing smoke and flames on structural beams. Multiple fire units established water supply and successfully knocked down the fire. An investigator was requested to determine the cause.
Audio|Source: Des Moines Fire/EMS
05:51
Transcript:
00:00
DC-1's arrival,
00:01
BZ1 will take command?
00:04
Truck 1 will you get inside that building?
00:06
Look for extension.
00:10
Truck 1 will go.
00:12
Medic 6, that's patient safe.
00:18
Okay. Okay.
00:24
Command, go ahead.
00:26
Unavailable, can you provide us an address for this fire?
00:35
So let me do a 360 first.
00:38
Okay.
00:40
And we are 10 minutes in.
00:44
Copy. Copy.
00:48
Okay. Engine 9 is water on the fire.
00:51
We have a knockdown.
00:53
Copy, water on fire and knock down.
00:57
On Super Sullivan, water supply established.
01:08
Command from Engine 9th.
01:11
Go ahead. Command from Engine 9.
01:22
Engine 9, go ahead.
01:27
Yeah, Chief, I think engine 9, engine 4, truck 9, truck 1 can handle, medic 9 also.
01:43
Again, truck 1, truck 9, and medic 9.
01:52
Correct, first arriving engine beside, engine 9.
02:01
Okay, um,
02:03
truck one.
02:05
Let's get inside. I have smoke coming from the east side of the building in the rafter area.
02:21
Check one, copy.
02:23
We'll go ahead and cut this lock and get in there.
02:28
Copy. And it's going to be the lean two on the east side,
02:34
and this lean two is probably 100 feet long.
02:38
I have smoke coming from the second building,
02:43
which is another 100 feet long probably.
02:48
We'll keep all assets on scene. Engine 7, help assist with Truck 1, please.
02:58
Agent 7, copies. What do you need?
03:03
I need some crews on the inside of that fence,
03:07
seeing where that fire extension is at.
03:14
Engine 7, copy.
03:21
Command from Engine Nine.
03:25
Go ahead, Ingeny.
03:27
Yeah,
03:28
we made entry through the back of this building.
03:30
We moved the side-stale looks like some of the structural members are on fire.
03:41
Copy.
03:45
Just matched to DC-1.
03:49
DC-1, go ahead.
03:52
Do you need Engine 11 on the structure?
03:57
Negative.
03:59
Copy, hold on them, though.
04:03
Copy. The address could be 24,
04:05
25.
04:07
Now, I don't know if it's, I'm assuming it's Douglas.
04:13
Is it a building that goes north and south?
04:19
That's correct.
04:20
Steel Lumberyard.
04:23
Copy 2425. I'm okay. I'll note it.
04:29
Copy that.
04:34
Command engine 9,
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or truck 9. You want the investigator?
04:43
Yes, I think we need the investigator on this.
04:50
Command to disbass, can you send out the investigator,
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onto the investigator?
05:00
Copy.
05:06
Truck 1, command.
05:10
Go ahead, truck one.
05:14
Yeah, we just got a lot of trap smoke in this lane two area.
05:18
They're knocking down the structural beams here that are smoldering.
05:22
It should be okay inside the fence.
05:29
Copy.
05:31
Vision 11 available channel.
05:35
Kevin. Okay.
05:40
Man dispatch.
05:43
Fast.
05:49
Medical level is clear available.
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Location mentioned:
Near NE 54th Ave, Des Moines, IA 50313
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