Firefighters respond to barn fire with compressor explosion, Virginia Beach VA


Firefighters responded to a barn fire near 19th St in Virginia Beach. Crews conducted a fire attack and set up a water supply. They confirmed a compressor inside the barn, not an oxygen tank, had exploded during the fire.
Audio|Source: Virginia Beach EMS
03:10
Transcript:
00:00
Von Town Cork, engine six.
00:05
Engine six coffee, coming around.
00:09
Go ahead, 21.
00:14
See out in the investigative mode, show the latter one command.
00:20
This is happening.
00:25
We get a fire attack.
00:36
Command of First Survivor and Units, we have a driveway access to the barns.
00:42
Keep coming to Tankersick.
00:49
Command the latter 8, we're on the C side.
00:52
You got to sail on the ASU.
00:55
All right, copy. See on the ASU.
00:59
Injones on scene of water supply for engine 8.
01:05
Ty to you all use.
01:08
Any use down teams without an emergency.
01:14
25 Peters, near 19th St, Baltic Avenue with milk and honey.
01:20
(number withheld).
01:26
Initial attack plan is going to be a two and a half. All right,
01:30
received. The battalion four is all seen. Into 21 are copy.
01:33
The battalion is going to go ahead in the student command to be model command.
01:37
Edge 21, you already do a drop tank.
01:40
I'm going to make you the water supply officer.
01:46
You know, units.
01:50
Flutter wants to go to the roof.
01:53
Flatter 80 feel a sit.
01:58
All right, ladder 8 to ladder one. I heard was,
02:01
you want us to go to the roof? Is that correct?
02:08
If you guys should start out, we're interior right now, we're going to go exterior and try to get to the roof as well.
02:18
It's a compressor, not an oxygen tank.
02:23
Can you repeat?
02:26
Just confirmed with the occupant.
02:29
It's not an oxygen tank. It's a compressor and I believe it's already went.
02:33
All right, good copy. Thank you.
02:40
10-5-1730.
02:46
All right, engine 5, I'm going to get you to work with engine 6 and get another line on the ground, please.
02:56
I copy. Do we have a place that we can position the strokes for not blocking water supply?
03:02
Yeah, we're just positioned past the driveway coming in.
03:07
I copy. Past you, past the driveway.
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Location mentioned:
Near 19th St, Virginia Beach, VA 23451
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