Hazardous chemical fire prompts large safety perimeter, Tampa FL
Fire & ArsonA structure fire occurred near Covina Cir involving hazardous chemicals such as boric acid, methanol, sulfuric acid, and gasoline. Emergency responders established a safety perimeter of 350 to 500 feet and evacuated residents to protect public safety. The fire was accidental with no confirmed criminal intent. Crews were ordered to avoid entering the structure until safety was assured due to the hazardous materials present.
Audio|Source: Hillsborough County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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1064 at 8.09 hours.
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I'll revise that the other female involved is going to be a (name withheld), wearing a bonnet, an orange hair as well as you know,
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multi-colored flat tan.
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I'm going to take the mark with the Paltight on this.
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We were just going to, as you did want the event to continue. We have the event continuing in.
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You still do have district,
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correction, you still have your working construction fire. Do you want to cancel them or want them for me to power?
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We can cancel the working fire. I'll make the indication in a second.
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Acknowledge.
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The working structure fire response to near Covina Cir.
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Acknowled, name 11.
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11. Letter, copy.
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District 1.
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This is a hazman. This is a hazmat alarm.
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Maylish, where's 24?
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24 copy.
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Then one, acknowledge to continue in.
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District 13 on scene, ready to come up.
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On scene, Mr. (name withheld) to command.
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District 1 to command.
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District 1 is trying to review, also you've got a wind speed in direction north-northeast at 3 miles an hour.
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We're proud of these out of all these right now, in the north of the north of the north of the sunburners.
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Confirming you of all units in the north of the structure? All right, correct.
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Acknowledge.
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Brick,
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District 1 to command.
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I need a status update what type of alarm this is, what your situation is,
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and what your needs are.
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The homeowner was trying to make boric acid,
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nethanol,
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and sulfuric acid to make a clean, burning fluid, fuel, or giguant.
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Doc, do you have any type of release or fire at this time?
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The fire leaves is an accident.
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You can't release.
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with S-lides,
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no active
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when you're fired
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I'm just to make sure we move to you back on the ERG on what you have and set up a perimeter still have personal vehicles drive moving around they see people residents moving around the area let's stay up with and make sure we establish the perimeter until it has none off skip here and determine what the end of the step is
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The officer D1 will assume command D3, you can be safe.
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DICG-1-2nd Command, D-ZERC, 3-0-2-3-0-2-3-8-13-0.
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PACE-24 to command, we'll check 13 and change at the DECD.
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No one. Thank you.
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Happy.
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Command to engine 18, correction, engine 13, first home.
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Here's one way.
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Newport first floor.
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Command post is set up at Tangerine and Covina. Tangerine and Covina.
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Command to rescue walking up.
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Bring new stretcher, hold short. I walk to the hot zone.
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Come in us.
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Command, engine 13.
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Command, 13. 13.
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308 utters due.
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Negative. Number 24, first through them.
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And engine 24.
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Mr. 24 tonight.
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The other line on the ground.
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We have a lot on the ground.
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Copy.
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What's the status of evacuation and shelter from?
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I'm going to be working on home on all four sides of the structure for evacuation.
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Is your perimeter that you created?
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What is your permanent that you set up?
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And Trump 13 is you can have to be here.
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Copy. And what is your permit that you set up?
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Are you having that right now?
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First like to meet again.
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Go to Smith.
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There's hardly that was more hard to fire.
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But it's going to be about six years, Paul Gell, and they're trying to talk to your gasoline,
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and a large quantity of one-farm along the ground.
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So, the kennelings will be a girl.
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There's not the experience in the middle further weeks to block the structure,
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but go after fire.
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Understood at this time, command to all operating units, all operating units along all personnel to back out and await from this structure that have set up a minimum of a 350 to 500 foot perimeter. No crews make entry into this structure until we absolutely determine safety of all our members.
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Understood?
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Okay,
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thank you to command.
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All right, sir.
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Agent 13 was able to acquire a MNDS for the product initially next.
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We have trimass before, A.
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Go ahead, sir.
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Understood, command to drop 13. Do we have a primary and a secondary upon your entry and exit. We have a primary and secondary upon your entry and exit.
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Let's make sure that we have an accountability of any resident occupants that could have been involved to a rapid extrication or rapid rescue as needed, but let's make our way out after primary.
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We're going to safety to command.
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I've got winds out of the north, northeast.
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I got Covina and Tangerinas Command Post, our UNA location up with.
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I am, myself and all the crews are north of the property.
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And I was going to say we should send a group over to south on the Jay Street to check on the resident fair.
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Safety to command,
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Agent 24 HTTP, going back to the house,
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directly sound of the structure.
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Understood,
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Chief, appreciate it. Command to Agent 666.
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Agent 6.
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Captain, if you can tracking the traffic until this point.
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That's affirmative, if you can just take account of what text we may have on scene because there may need a few more in this entry.
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Understood.
09:00
Last known MSDS was driving up a floor rate as well as several other unknown products and it appears to be called gasoline.
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Copy that.
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Commandist 8, can you please, from your advantage,
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determine the number of has that text already on scene?
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Go to command.
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Go to command.
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9454.
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Thank you, Captain, you and you, crew. Please make your way back out.
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Safety has some information in relation to that. We want to make sure we peek on you, unknown exposure, attention.
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No.
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Location mentioned:
Near N Covina Cir, Tampa, FL 33617
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