Structure fire with collapse at North Carolina intersection, Buncombe County NC
Fire & ArsonFirefighters are responding to a structure fire at the intersection of South Haven Road and Aiken Road in North Carolina. The building has partially collapsed, limiting access. Crews are operating defensively from outside the building, applying water through the windows. Multiple fire engines and a tanker are on scene coordinating water supply and command. A child with a head injury was reported nearby, but ambulance resources are currently unavailable.
Audio|Source: Buncombe County Fire
02:48
Transcript:
00:00
17 officer command, I copy. I'm in the back.
00:02
I'm going to get in the bottle. 17, how are you on water?
00:14
That's firm, it's right, just filled your engine.
00:18
Copy.
00:20
If you want to go ahead and back out, we'll go ahead and get you filled all the water.
00:30
Engine one, can y'all hit that fire on the Delta side?
00:38
Man, C7's on the scene,
00:41
walking in.
00:47
That's you to repeat.
01:05
Tanker 19 to Comms.
01:12
Tanker 19 staging at Aiken Road and South Haven Drive, per command.
01:20
Communications Engine 4.
01:26
Hey, Ed.
01:29
Be a minute call. I got a child with a head injury there on the sidewalk at trailhead. Not sure the address.
01:40
We'll send you an ambulance whenever we get one available, we have zero of them at this point.
01:47
Copy that.
01:52
There's not a whole ton of access from everything that's collapsed down.
01:56
I'm putting water on what we can get.
01:59
Copy.
02:03
That's Jake, man.
02:05
What's our assignment?
02:10
Can you give me a size-up on the Charlie side as far as the extent of the collapse?
02:19
Copy that?
02:26
Go ahead.
02:31
This back addition is totally collapsed in.
02:37
We're hitting it from defensively from the outside through the windows.
02:41
I've got a friggin' knock on it, but still it will take some more time.
02:48
Copy.
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Location mentioned:
S Haven Rd & Aiken Rd, North Carolina 28804
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