Suspect pours gasoline on building causing fire, Myrtle Beach SC
Fire & ArsonA subject poured gasoline on a three-story commercial building near US-17 and 10th Ave N in Myrtle Beach, causing a fire. Fire crews backed away and requested police assistance. Multiple victims were seen hanging out of second story windows with smoke coming out. Rescue efforts for these victims were initiated.
Audio|Source: Georgetown County Public Saftey
05:27
Transcript:
00:00
Ladder 79 is going to be on scene nothing evident in the area. We'll be out investigating L-57 will have the command.
00:13
You're on scene.
00:15
Nothing evident.
00:17
L-56 has command.
00:23
Central with an update.
00:27
Correction. Letter 7.9 with an update.
00:33
Go ahead.
00:34
Command.
00:36
We're going to need PD here, emergent.
00:38
We have a subject pouring gas on the building.
00:44
We're going to be backing away from the incident. We don't have anything evident from a three-story commercial-style building.
00:52
Pretty safe.
00:53
PD emergent. You're backing out.
00:57
With what I'm seeing, can you start me a full structure's assignment, please?
01:05
Appreciate.
01:10
Thank you, I mean, I'm saying.
01:13
Staying. Thank you.
01:18
Appreciate truck seven six. You're staging.
01:27
7194-2 U.S.
01:31
17 at 10th Avenue to the 1710th Avenue that's a black Ford Wisconsin Lima Gulf 1579 LG 15779 Wisconsin 104th 1479 Wisconsin command from Central go ahead
01:56
What use do you want me to dispatch your location?
02:01
Give me two engines and an additional truck company.
02:07
Appreciate two engines and additional truck company.
02:10
Where would you like it from?
02:15
378.
02:16
Good work, thank you.
02:19
If you can get an engine from Midway.
02:26
Copy engine from Midway. What was the first one?
02:30
We're going to be contacting Horry County on our Tech 2 radio to get an additional engine and an additional truck company.
02:39
Copy. You're going to contact them.
02:43
Okay.
02:48
Command El 56.
02:50
Go ahead.
02:53
You take over all command, I'm going to take operations.
02:57
You stay on Central, I'm going to attack one.
03:00
That's what I was going to just do.
03:02
Go ahead.
03:08
Command Central. Central. Central Command. Central Command.
03:16
PD's been notified.
03:18
Can you give me an update on PD, please?
03:26
Command at the time, 7-8.
03:29
Go ahead.
03:31
I'm on the approach, what do you need?
03:38
On your arrival, I'm going to be passing command to you. L56 will be going interior once PD has everything.
03:47
It's secured for us.
03:52
P5-6-4-2.
03:55
Hi-D-Ruven-L.
03:58
10-4.
04:04
Operations command urgent.
04:11
Go ahead for command.
04:16
Yeah,
04:18
I got multiple people hanging out of multiple windows on the second story.
04:23
I got smoke showing above their heads puffing out of the windows.
04:28
What do you advise?
04:36
All 56, L57, you guys make a decision if it's safe to go for it, go ahead.
04:42
Let's the mean for place.
04:44
Coney. Go for command.
04:51
Georgetown PD has an ETA of five minutes.
04:58
Appreciate if you can't stay a five minutes.
05:03
Sentils forward will be turned to the DC.
05:14
Go ahead.
05:17
With the combative victims now going unconscious, it looks like hanging out the window, we're going to go for the rescues of the three victims that we have hanging out windows.
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Location mentioned:
US-17 & 10th Ave N, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
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