Large building fire spreads to multiple wings in Torrington, Torrington CT


A large fire at a building on Litchfield Street has spread to three additional wings. Heavy smoke is visible from all boarded-up windows. Fire crews are facing difficulty securing a water supply and are attempting to lay 5,000 feet of hose to get water.
Audio|Source: Torrington Police and Fire
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Transcript:
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Bridge Hill Ladder 1 calling Torrington command on Torrington fire.
00:06
Command[1] design, go ahead.
00:11
All right, a report from back here on our position, we now have fire in three more wings of these buildings.
00:17
Heavy smoke showing out of all the boarded up windows.
00:20
Engine 1 is still not able to get us water.
00:23
We have our engine 1. We were going to make an attempt to lay out somewhere to Litchfield Street. We have 5,000 feet of 5 inch, try and get our own water supply.
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Okay, we are heading currently with our truck one and go to Fireground 1 please. Please get back for L City communication.
Police codes explained
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[1]
Command: Unit is establishing incident command
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