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Large residential structure fire in PittsburghPittsburgh PA

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26th St, Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Fire and police responded to a large residential structure fire near 26th St, Pittsburgh. Callers reported a possible explosion due to propane inside. Police attempted to enter the rear of the house. A construction company requested removal of three vehicles to begin construction work at the site.

Audio|Source: Pittsburgh Police, Fire and EMS
03:48
Transcript:
00:00
Is the call... Large fire.
00:03
Can you drum up fire department? I'll confirm when I get closer.
00:08
Minters are walking on each other at that. Last one, last unit talking about the fire. We just about a pending structure fire for 6.2 Paulson.
00:17
3585.
00:19
Yeah, it looks like it's the structure fire. Start fire. I'll see what I'll find.
00:24
They're in route.
00:29
I'm out.
00:30
3426A.
00:32
6A. 6A.
00:34
I'm out. We'll call back and get a better location for the caller. There's no one here.
00:44
All right, this is a fire 2 dispatch, Medical 1's area, 622 Paulson, off a rapid end. This is right next to the shot spotter at 628.
00:53
Callers reporting a residential structure fire.
00:56
Getting multiple calls on it, one caller indicating lots of propane in the house, that could be what the explosion was.
01:02
And service fire 2.
01:07
Medical 1 and route.
01:14
Chief Company is coming off fire 2.
01:17
At 21, 3rd.
01:22
P.C.C.
01:25
I'm going to see if you know from setting off the shot by once we've got a second one. It sounds like pressing a fire.
01:31
Copy.
01:35
580 base. The mail was moved along. Just one of both.
01:45
Battalion 2.
01:49
Battalion 3.I heard that update. You can go ahead put the transfers in.
01:56
My chief copy. Requestion transfers 2130.
02:02
Say trucking service.
02:05
Hey trucking. Hey trucking.
02:09
Eight engine in.
02:10
My tea truck is.
02:14
Eight engine, eight truck in.
02:20
Rescue one, d.
02:22
Rescue one, in service.
02:27
Mac in a center. Mac in.
02:31
All right, get it. 17 engines in.
02:36
17 engine in.
02:39
Fire dispatch of 15 engine.
02:45
All right,
02:48
15. Be advised.
02:49
There's police on scene attempting to make entry into the rear of the house.
02:54
I don't know if they got information of entrapment or not, I'm not sure or not.
03:01
That's obvious.
03:08
Come out and take a look at this building tomorrow.
03:12
It's in deplorable condition.
03:15
Very soon.
03:28
17 engine and truck are you guys in? Yeah, you're getting walked on, we're in.
03:35
Copy that.
03:39
27.
03:41
You can point down 10 Avenue in near 26th Street.
03:45
Construction company needs three vehicles removed to start construction.

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