Utility box fire near Sam's Club on East Independence Blvd, Matthews NC
Fire & ArsonA utility box near Sam's Club and Kohl's on East Independence Boulevard caught fire due to a generator arcing and sparking. Multiple callers reported seeing sparks and flames. Fire units responded promptly and managed the working fire at the scene.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
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Transcript:
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Matthews Station 2, Station 3, Station 1, Fire, Charlotte Fire, Structure Fire, Kohl's, near East Independence Boulevard, near East Independence Boulevard, cross streets of San Noel Road and Windsor Square Drive, operating on MECOPS 6, MECOPS for traffic, timeout, 1436.
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Matches in the 3 chain round.
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So that's pommel engine 2 as in route.
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Battalion 7, engine 29, and ladder 23, structure fire, near East Independence Boulevard.
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Battalion 7, Engine 29, and ladder 23, structure fire, near East Independence Boulevard.
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This is watching around.
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Matthew Units and Charlotte Fire en route to Northeast Parkway.
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Generally used responding to the area around cold.
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The report that a generator is arcing and sparking on fire.
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It could be behind the comfort in.
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We get multiple calls on the saying they can see spark and they can see flame.
01:42
Great copy.
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Do you confirm where you said that generator was beginning?
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Digitalist response to use independence colds. There reports that could be behind Sam's Club.
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Three to 22, if you want to check by the Kohl's, we'll go behind the Sam's Club check.
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Engend's 22 companies, we'll go by calls.
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Central companies responding out to East Independence Structure Fire. We're getting all calls from the parking lot, multiple callers in the parking lot of the two businesses.
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Engine 22 to engine 3. It's going to be on the Bravo side of the Sam's Club.
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Pay for.
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Correction.
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Bravo, Charlie said.
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One, retaliation, can you switch two conference?
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Agent 3 is on scene.
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I got a utility box on fire against the Sam's Club.
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Working fire,
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Agent 3 has command.
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We're stretching a line.
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Central Corby is now in decision 3, show you on scene, command,
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working fire,
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utility box on fire.
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22 on team.
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I'm seeing something to look, David. I'm going to see.
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Ladder 2,
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Carbine the Noxide, 2912 Park Road on H.
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Hotel. Ladder 2, Carbon the Noxide, 2912 Park Road on H.
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Hotel.
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Man on companies, the Pirates will be on the Charlie side.
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It's actively arcing the explosion at this point. We're going to flow anything on it until we get some power to be out here in the spirit.
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I got two going inside the back way to the building.
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If everyone else could just park out in front of the coals and stand by.
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Digital copies could be working fire on the Turley side.
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Matt's engine 3, ching laying in 1.
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Okay.
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N-229-20.
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Command engine 12, and we need to shut down that roadway between Kohl's and the Comprehend.
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Location mentioned:
Near E Independence Blvd, Matthews, NC 28105
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