Apartment fire extinguished after stove left on, Richmond VA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a fire caused by a stove left on in an apartment near West Belce St, Richmond. The fire was extinguished by sprinklers, but water affected several apartments across three floors. Fire crews ventilated the area, shut off the water, checked for fire spread, and confirmed no injuries occurred.
Audio|Source: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
06:11
Transcript:
00:00
Happy Smok shorn in (number withheld).
00:09
Engine 10. Difficulty breathing.
00:13
(number withheld). West Bel-Saint Ridge, Apartments 110.
00:17
Engine 10.
00:18
Difficulty breathing.
00:20
(number withheld). West Belce St.
00:22
Rich, apartments 110.
00:24
Cross streets are Ruam Street and Chamberlain Parkway.
00:27
On tap Channel 2.
00:29
Time, out, 049.049.
00:39
Smoking (number withheld) due to the stove being left on.
00:44
The stove is turned off, fires out when the ventilation.
00:47
And (number withheld).
00:51
Copy food on the stove, request, and ventilation. So, 049 hours for yourself.
01:00
The street command from the Italian one.
01:07
This is truck six battalion one command beside me. Go ahead.
01:15
What resources y'all want to keep on scene?
01:23
Chief, we're trying to get the water turned off right just now.
01:28
Give us one second.
01:36
Truck 6 to truck 6A can you bring us a sprinkler stop to the third floor?
01:46
Receive.
01:51
Man from the truck 6. They've got the water off to the system. They just want to have to drain out.
02:01
Copy. Y'all have water flowing throughout three floors?
02:07
Yes, sir. We're going to have multiple apartments affected.
02:16
Copy. I'm going to go ahead and establish command.
02:18
I'm going to make this a working incident, Richman.
02:22
Freshman copies of working incident at 0.053 hours.
02:26
Indian 5 driver,
02:33
so many of the six officers.
02:36
Can you get some speed you sent up here?
02:42
Central.
02:47
The command from truck 6, the water has been successfully shut off the straining out.
02:59
Copy. Ours it been shut off, down draining.
03:02
What other resources do you need upstairs? Do you need any more squeegees?
03:10
Yeah, we're going to need squeegees, and we're also going to have to check the apartments below on the first floor.
03:22
Against your command from Richmond.
03:27
Go ahead, Richard.
03:30
Yeah, do you want the safety officer added to this?
03:36
Negative. We're good resources right now.
03:39
President, copy, 055 hours.
03:47
We're speaking command from 85 hours.
03:52
officer we do have on the second floor couple of outlets that burned up and burned up some furniture it wasn't just to say it.
04:08
Bobby as the fire out and there's an extension man checked for
04:16
That's ain't our fault.
04:20
The sprinkler put it out. There's no center to the wall.
04:24
Drywall is just a little level.
04:31
Power has been cut.
04:34
Cover.
04:38
What apartment number is it?
04:47
(number withheld)
04:52
14,
04:54
can you go inside and check the other floors for water, please?
05:02
You can speak command from Richmond?
05:07
Go ahead, Richman.
05:09
Yeah, do you want EMS for standby?
05:15
A second.
05:18
Investigative group and fire attack from command, do y'all feel EMS necessary on this?
05:25
No,
05:30
sir, at this time.
05:31
The only hazard is water,
05:33
a little bit of smoke.
05:39
Copy. Repression, that's negative on the EMS.
05:43
First one copy is Joseph Cato.
05:47
Command from AJ 6, Officer.
05:54
Go ahead, 6.
05:57
I'm heading to the roof,
06:00
the attic area to ensure no water is coming from up top.
06:10
Copy. Copy.
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W St, Richmond, VA 23223
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