House fire with basement smoke and downed power lines, Alexandria VA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a house fire occurred near Beddoo Street and Fleming Street in Alexandria, VA. Smoke was present in the basement with high-voltage power lines down nearby. Firefighters secured gas and electrical hazards and conducted searches with no active fire found inside. The building was checked for heat and cleared.
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09:46
Transcript:
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Truck 411 on Channel 4 Delta Box 41100, house fire near Beddoo Street, cross street Fleming Street.
00:09
Truck 411,
00:10
on Channel 4 Delta Box, 41100, house fire near The Dew Street, cross street Fleming Street.
00:26
Engine 4-Delta Box 41100, house fire,
00:32
near Beddoo Street, cross street Fleming Street.
00:36
Engine 411, on Channel 4 Delta Box, 41100, house fire near Beddoo Street, cross street Fleming Street.
02:14
Our lines that are down on the roof are high voltage, they're not low voltage going to the house.
02:22
Keep everybody out from underneath these lines.
02:40
Label in basement one, I do got smoke in the basement.
02:43
We have exterior walkout.
02:45
We're pulling the line to Charlie now.
02:47
I do have the top half of the entire power pole busted off on the Charlie side.
02:53
It's on the Bravo Charlie Corner.
02:57
Keep everybody out of there.
03:00
But we should be able to make access into the basement from where we are.
03:10
There's a truck the power company.
03:15
The truck will end up is on scene.
03:17
First truck with a split our crew two and two out.
03:21
Command is 499.
03:41
We're going to go in the basement with engine 409.
03:56
We have a strut line stretched to the first floor.
03:59
Just minor smoke conditions on floor number one.
04:03
We've not entered in. We're going to stand by at the front door.
04:08
Engine 411 covering the first floor.
04:13
In the basement.
04:14
We're labeling this basement one.
04:45
Beddoo Street has secondary water.
04:49
We'll have to access the area off at Dawn Drive, Dawn to Oak to Fleming, and then that'll get you the hydrant.
05:10
We're going to be entering in the basement level with engine 9 onside Charlie via the walkup.
05:35
Have all units only access around the Delta side.
05:39
Have no units come around the Bravo side.
05:50
All units on the fireground, safety message, safety message.
05:53
Delta side access only.
06:32
No active fire, smoke's dissipating,
06:35
rescue 11's doing a good search.
06:39
Just make sure we don't have anything headed anywhere.
06:57
I think they reported some scorching around the outlets.
06:59
I think they have it controlled.
07:00
Can you check the interior for any heat signatures on the number one floor in the attic?
07:08
Truck 411 direct from engine 411.
07:11
Your gas is going to be on the alpha side wall in the basement,
07:15
alpha quadrant.
07:21
Rescue 4-6 complete the primary in the basin.
07:23
We're uh, we moved up to phone number one and we're completing the primary right now.
07:57
Primary in the basement's all clear.
08:00
We've also secured the electrical in the basement.
09:20
As her first floor is clear, it says we're getting all clear from the attic, we're good to start to hand.
09:43
Gas is this secured from an interior gas heater on the base.
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Beddoo St, Alexandria, VA 22306
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