Building fire spreads to underground electric vault, Wichita KS


Firefighters responded to a building fire near North Market St in Wichita, Kansas. The fire spread to an underground vault containing electric lines, creating a risk of electrical hazards. Emergency crews shut down nearby roads, requested electric and gas companies to assist, and provided medical triage support at the scene.
Audio|Source: Wichita and Sedgwick County Fire Resource / OPS-1
04:47
Transcript:
00:00
I'm going to go ahead and establish market command. If you can, Stermy PD to shut down traffic between 3rd and 2nd on market. 10-4[1].
00:11
Starting PD to shut down traffic at 3rd and market, giving you command at 1634.
00:21
Also, have them send another unit to second in market.
00:24
Okay,
00:26
Prudgeon.
00:28
PD to start a second unit to second to market.
00:35
From the train, one also good and send me from 10 to 10.
00:46
Truck 3, check for smokeout 5, 6, 65, east and release 6655.m release smoke outside, track 3, map page 5946.
00:58
Resource,
00:59
squad seven in place of rehab and route to that building fire.
01:04
Ten one.
01:10
Retirement three.
01:13
Yeah, can I don't, I don't know if you can get a hold of Westar and tell them the exit I, because that fire's moving in the vault as we're speaking.
01:26
Can you 1090, you said it's moving in the what?
01:31
Yeah, right now we have an underground vault with electric lines that are moving, that are in it, and the fire is progressing down the vault to other locations.
01:42
So if they can get here to be able to shut down that power, so we can deal with it.
01:50
10-4[1], fire moving down the vault, calling every now.
01:58
Offs from 171. To answer your question, I've got northbound traffic on market.
02:02
If you could have PD get the southbound at third in market.
02:10
PD to shut down southbound at third in market.
02:29
Option, Battalion 2. Just make sure you did advise Evergeet to, this is a highly priority uptized call they need to respond on.
02:40
Yeah, 104 Battalion 2. Resources on it.
02:48
Off to Engine 2, I need you to 109 your last traffic.
02:56
Officer Tension Tenton.
02:58
You plate phone Tender Tins on the building fire.
03:06
TAM4, Phone Tender Tend.
03:12
Raising Mublair 1.
03:20
FOMTender 10 to assist on the building fire near North Market assist on the building fire. Phone tender 10, map page 5447. They're operating on TAC 1. Operate TAC 1 on arrival.
03:36
Offstow Market Command.
03:40
Market command.
03:42
We got foam tender 10 coming and I was just checking to see if Mobile Air 1 is there on scene.
03:51
104, Mobile Air 1 is on scene.
03:56
Squad 61, triage, one red.
04:01
One code red.
04:02
Go ahead.
04:03
1639.
04:09
Offs checking for Rescue 2 and PhoneTender 10.
04:18
Two's area.
04:23
Offs is 10.
04:24
Both those units are en route.
04:29
Copy that, thank you, Engine 10.
04:36
To Market Command.
04:43
Are you wanting the gas company out there as well?
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment of message received and understood; affirmative response.
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Location mentioned:
Near N Market St, Wichita, KS 67202
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