Large fire with heavy smoke at Broad Ave and Vandalia St, Memphis TN


Firefighters are responding to a large structural fire near Broad Avenue and Vandalia Street in Memphis. There is heavy smoke and flames visible coming through the roof in the center of the building. Fire units are working to contain the fire and have noted problems in several divisions of the building. Efforts include using handlines to fight the heavy smoke and flames emerging from the roof.
Audio|Source: Memphis Fire Department
05:9
Transcript:
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Near Broad Avenue and Vandalia Street.
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Unit 43 responding with you, Talk with Alpha 10.
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The timeout is 11,
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26, and then 13[1].
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613[1].
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1127
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117 I'm looking at large
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17 in service,
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standby and this is second divisions That's your 26 service.
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First.
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727, truck 11, dis-remembered the call.
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Truck 11 in service, 1128.
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This match,
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into 50 star main unit.
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D, 1128.
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Go to Reg.
01:32
Near Broad Avenue and Vendalia Street.
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U.S. 23 responded with E.Tock Group Alpha Penn. Your timeout is 1129.
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Engine 17.
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Sure. Showing us up, thank you.
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Check, engine 17.
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Region 13[1], this regards to call.
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Checkage 13[1].
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WPJ888-8-8-1.
02:01
This Fat Squad 120 for the party with sleeping in a walkout.
02:11
Welcome to the next to me, after 8% shut down in the daypoint direction too.
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So let's sit down the early operations and run to get you to see if you're not to set.
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All the other operations, it's operations.
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Sit down at this time.
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Negative.
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That's a check, thank you.
02:48
We just got a heavy smoke here over here with the probable division.
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It looks like we put a handline over here and we'd be able to get it from this side.
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I don't forget guys, we got a little problem in all for all division as well.
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Check, truck 20, just go through operations.
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Check, operation, you copy.
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They copy, he's on your right.
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One, this will go out the call.
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This is still command,
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incident time on hour plus 15.
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Check, fish still commere, hour 15.
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113[1]3.
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It's got 2048 in quarters at 5.5.554.
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248 quarters, 113[1]3.
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The past rescue ones, back in search.
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To the CommandPolts for a quick.
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CommandCstop, please.
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Chad, come to CommandPOS real quick.
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Command. Command, I can't get me, this is a lot of this is a lot.
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Operations, this command, you got a fire coming through the room in the center. Yeah.
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Here's directly in the center of the structure.
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Coming through the roof, I don't know what kind of fire road is that I've got up there. You might want to check.
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But if you've got some interior operations going,
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like I say, you've got fire in the center.
Police codes explained
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[1]
13: Suspicious activity
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