Firefighters Investigate Residential Fire With Possible Leak, Wilmington DE


Firefighters are responding to a possible residential fire with visible smoke on the second and third floors. They are also investigating a potential leak from a water heater in the basement. Efforts include searching for hidden fire spread and coordinating ventilation. No injuries or arson are confirmed at this time.
Audio|Source: New Castle County Fire
05:48
Transcript:
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Robill Engine 3, 2nd, 2 engine, hydrogen, hydrant,
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third and orange.
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Engine 3, 849.
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I'm sorry, Division of Command.
00:18
Go ahead.
00:36
Thank you, ma'am. Are you with Charlie Division Supervisor?
00:44
Hey.
00:49
Matt, he's answering. Yeah.
00:54
Yeah, I have a state-state going with him right now.
00:58
Appreciate.
01:04
The 17th command, that was a visual.
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Under 17, I'll just stand by on the opposite side. I'll call you when I need you.
01:18
Copy that.
01:20
Okay, Mr. Command. Mr. Command.
01:29
Go ahead, Ruth.
01:32
We're going to have to see you want to open up.
01:34
We still got a lot of smoke pushing from the second or third floor.
01:38
It might be visible.
01:40
So we don't know if you want to open up more or just hold off than that.
01:45
Go ahead and hold off if there's need to open it up.
01:49
Ladder 2, Officer, while you're on that second floor, if you take a look and see if you have any access to the cockwell.
01:58
See, they're on the CV corner.
02:05
Great.
02:08
Captain was in the building if you need resources where you are.
02:12
Just standby with your apparatus.
02:20
Okay.
02:24
Orange command of fire. We're investigating a possible leak at a water heater in the basement division.
02:31
Engine 3 and Latter 17 can stand by and are outbrides.
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Orsheet command.
02:40
Copy secondary, the fire voting second floor is negative.
02:44
Once you take a look at that, Coddle if that's clear, come on out.
02:51
Cockwall's clear, the trap smoke.
02:56
Okay, I'm trying to move here, come on out. Later 1, you go up there.
03:04
And if I were, you can place 1957-AQ under control. We're going to be holding all you in.
03:11
Tidnaecule, you root 355.
03:18
I'm going to use Team 2 off of Ladder 2 in the rear.
03:23
Not on the first floor.
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Just put a couple more on hers up.
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If you're requesting, it's set in some higher, too,
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we're going to be on this.
03:41
Okay.
03:47
EMS4, Clear Lakeview.
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DMS4.
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Live officer, we ready for ventilation in that B1.
04:00
Stand by.
04:02
Stand by.
04:04
May.
04:09
Go ahead, ladder one, officer.
04:18
Okay, I just want to coordinate with Engine 5 officer because we have multiple doors and windows open on the first floor on and how effective it's going to be. Copy.
04:36
Command, have we confirmed the power line on the rear of these house?
04:44
I've had no contact with Delmarva Electric.
04:51
That would be a negative.
04:57
Man, you had somebody on the second floor of the original barfell, correct?
05:04
Ladder 2 was on the second floor. They've now cleared.
05:12
So under control North Horn Shrews 0-8509.
05:18
I'm just reading the smoke coming out of the second floor rear.
05:23
Looks like there's something still on fire out there, but I'm not 100%.
05:28
It's about the same coming out of the basement on side A as well. I don't know if it's going to be residual.
05:35
I'm not seeing anything worsening from my current position.
05:40
Okay.
05:41
Okay. I'll see the eye on.
05:46
You're talking about the TV corner, correct, second floor?
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Orange St, Wilmington, DE
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