Grease fire in locked oven on building upper floors, Albemarle County VA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to smoke and a possible grease fire in a self-locking oven on the fifth and sixth floors of a building in Albemarle County, Virginia. The oven was locked and still producing smoke, complicating entry and extinguishing efforts. Crews used ventilation and firefighting equipment while attempting to open the oven and secure the situation.
Audio|Source: Albemarle County Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
00:00
Just to give you an update up here, we got smoke conditions of floor and ceiling moderate smoke.
00:07
The oven appears to be self-locked, but it's still producing a significant amount of smoke.
00:13
We're unable to get the oven open.
00:15
We're getting our high-rise packs deployed.
00:17
We're going to go from the floor below just in case.
00:26
Okay, I'm direct.
00:27
You guys are going to pull a high-rise pack from the fifth floor to the sixth.
00:30
The oven is locked and still producing smoke.
00:34
I'm going to go ahead and send command, okay? Okay.
00:36
The truck guys are working on trying to get the oven open.
00:38
We've unplugged it, secured power.
00:41
But it looks like there may be a grease fire still in it.
00:44
Okay, I'm direct.
00:45
Potentially, was he trying to clean his oven? Sometimes they'll lock under those situations.
00:50
He's hard to communicate with.
00:52
I'm not sure.
00:53
Okay, I'm direct back command.
00:55
Tadji to the East City.
00:58
I'll be assuming command of the first street incident.
01:00
We're going to hold the assignment and maintain the offensive strategy.
01:04
10 4226.
01:10
Do you want seventh crew as well?
01:13
You can have them come on deck and have them bring an extinguisher in case it is a grease fire in there.
01:21
Okay, I'm direct.
01:23
Seven.
01:24
Go ahead and leave your operator, bring your crew with your fans and extend your standby to truck.
01:31
Senator, leave operator,
01:34
bring fans and extinguishers standby truck.
01:37
Engine 5 alpha to command, too, I'm going to charge the standpipe.
01:41
That's negative standby.
01:43
Command 5, Rob, we need to tick the standpipe charge.
01:47
You can stand by on that 5 alpha.
01:50
We'll either drive.
01:51
Commandify, Bravo.
01:53
Good, Jesus.
01:54
Do you want to standpipe charge? He can just leave it dry for now.
01:58
I'm actually going to be in the stairwell, so if you can go with truck bravo for rain conditions, it would be better.
02:04
We're working on getting this line to Floyd.
02:06
Okay, I'm direct.
02:08
Command truck Bravo for no can.
02:13
Currently in room 604 with moderate smoke conditions.
02:16
We just started up the fan.
02:19
Knowledge from previous calls with these ovens, they have to get below 350 degrees before they'll unlock, even with no power.
02:27
Okay, I'm correct. Is it still producing smoke? Is it cooling down?
02:35
Just trace the amount of smoke coming out.
02:39
We're still ventilating.
02:45
Do you have any needs?
02:47
No needs.
02:49
Copy no needs.
02:50
First three command ACC for an update.
02:53
Okay.
02:55
All right, crews are working with the malfunctioning still on the fifth floor.
02:58
We're going to hold all companies.
02:59
Park 22-10.
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Albemarle County, VA
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