Firefighters contain attic fire at Milton Ave residence, Whittier CA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a structure fire near Milton Ave. The fire had spread to the attic, but crews worked to contain it. Utilities were shut off. There were no injuries or signs of criminal activity.
Audio|Source: Los Angeles County Fire - LAC C-21
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Transcript:
00:00
Copy. We'll work on the owner first.
00:03
If you could just isolate it to a room, that would be great.
00:07
And we'll try and work on that out front.
00:13
That's permanent. If the dog is safe, he's in a clear room and he's closed in.
00:19
Copy.
00:20
Break. Engine 96 from IC[1].
00:28
I see from 96, go ahead, on command.
00:35
Hey, Marcos, talk with Andy right there behind you and see if he's working on getting the owner of the dog that's in one of the structures back there.
00:47
I'll be there. We'll talk with Andy.
00:55
I-C from ventilation.
01:02
Squad 28 from IC[1].
01:08
Go first, squad 28th. Hey,
01:13
go ahead and continue if you're working on something, but we'll just put you as a medical group for now.
01:24
IC[1] from ventilation.
01:28
Go for IC[1].
01:31
IC[1] for ventilation. We still have fire coming out of our hole.
01:38
We need a reel line to the rail.
01:42
Okay,
01:43
copy that. Break.
01:44
Engine 40. You want to help ventilation with a reel line and get it up to them.
01:52
40.
01:58
If you're done with exposures on the Delta side also, when you get time to grab a secondary search,
02:07
just have one guy roll through. It looks like it was pretty clear though.
02:12
40.
02:14
I see from fire attack, we're currently doing a secondary search on the apartment with the original involvement.
02:23
Copy break, Ingeporty, disregard that last request.
02:29
Fire attack from ventilation.
02:33
Fire attack from ventilation.
02:37
Fire attack from ventilation.
02:43
Go ahead, ventilation, fire attack.
02:49
Hey, with where are you guys at, can you see the attic? Sounds like we're getting some fire through the attic. You can see it from the roof.
02:59
Copy, we're going to check right now.
03:01
Give me an idea of where you're at. Are you by the kitchen area where you guys put the first hole in or further south, what are we looking at?
03:13
Fire attack from ventilation.
03:15
We're by our first hole.
03:17
We have fire in the attic right now. We're heading in the rail line.
03:24
Copy. We're checking out.
03:26
Ventilation from fire attack.
03:33
Vennelation from fire attack.
03:36
Vennelation from fire attack.
03:37
Go for a ventilation.
03:41
We got eyes on the fire you're staying. We're just about doing it right now. It's in the Charlie Delphick, Corner, attic, small fire.
03:51
Charlie Delta, copy.
03:58
L.A. Milton, I see.
04:00
Confirm me, the address is 5822 Milton.
04:04
L.A. copies,
04:05
5822 Milton.
04:11
I see from Rick.
04:14
Utilities are shut off.
04:22
ventilation from fire attack are you guys seeing any more fire we've hit the spot we think you're talking about?
04:33
ventilation from fire attack we've hit the spot we think you're talking about it do you see anything else?
04:44
Fire trap or ventilation.
04:46
Don't see any fire, but it looks like most of the strokes go coming from the alpha side.
04:53
Coffee, thanks.
04:57
Hey, V-M from IC[1].
05:00
Ventilation from IC[1].
05:05
Ventilation from IC[1].
05:12
Cofor ventilation.
05:15
Yeah,
05:17
most of the fire was under that kitchen,
05:20
which is about 20 feet from the alpha edge on that south side of the cable.
05:30
or the hip right there.
05:32
So that's where most of the flare-up was in the attic.
05:36
Was there any, how far was that extension? Was it charred all the way back to you? Or is that mostly smoking heat?
05:44
I have good visual all the way to that Alpsonside. I can see down below. Is it charged?
05:49
No active fire.
05:51
Just a little bit of smoke on the ridge line
05:55
and we're clearing it out right now.
05:59
Okay, copy that.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
IC: Person with overall command and responsibility for managing an incident or emergency situation.
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Location mentioned:
Near Milton Ave, Whittier, CA 90601
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