Vehicle fire with chlorine causes two severe burns, Cincinnati OH
Fire & ArsonA company pool cleaning vehicle caught fire near River Road and State Avenue. Two occupants suffered severe but non-life-threatening burns. The fire was located in the passenger compartment and the vehicle contained a large amount of chlorine, raising environmental concerns. Fire and medical units responded to the scene.
Audio|Source: Cincinnati Fire
04:20
Transcript:
00:00
MADC-24[3] respond as well for the vehicle fire with Persson-Burns, near River Rd and State Ave, background F is and Prank 2.
00:08
MEDC-24 respond as a second medic unit, near River Rd and State Ave, background F as a Frank 2[4].
00:15
District 2[5], go ahead and have me to near River Rd.
00:19
That's true. Water 17, who's my second, Maddochina, please.
00:22
Planning 24 is then we're out.
00:23
Hey medic 24 if you want to come ahead of the truck here.
00:27
District 2[5] can you dispatch a investigator to our location? That's clear.
00:33
5544[1]. 544, go ahead and put me in route, send me the info.
00:36
That's clear.
00:37
District 2[5], can you also have the on call investigator go to the fire ground?
00:42
Okay, 544[1]. Okay.
00:43
F is a frame two.
00:44
F as a ring two.
00:45
Frank two, clear.
00:46
544[1]-command. Hey, this is Cheek-Doo.
00:48
We get a cheap Cherokee that was being used as a company vehicle for a pool cleaning company.
00:59
Contfire, we have two issues.
01:01
We have two people that were burned.
01:03
Don't know the cause of it.
01:04
And then we also might need environmental crimes out here just because there's a large amount of chlorine that was in the car.
01:12
How much quarry are we talking about?
01:15
Well, I'll try to get an idea for you, but it's,
01:19
I don't know.
01:20
We'll figure that out.
01:22
Some of it's burn up. Okay, I'll head that way.
01:24
Chief, was that a, was the car being operated? Did it start in the engine compartment or amongst other chemicals or you don't know yet?
01:30
It looks like it was in the passenger compartment.
01:33
They were in the car driving it though?
01:34
Correct. We're eastbound on River Road just before State.
01:38
The vehicle was occupied, being driven.
01:40
All the fire was in the passenger compartment.
01:43
And how bad are our injuries done to do ahead up there first to talk to them?
01:47
I would say both are not critical but severe burns.
01:54
This one to UC.
01:55
Okay, I'm going to head up to UC and 546[2] will come out to you.
02:00
Claire.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
544: Fire/EMS unit (likely investigator or command)
[2]
546: Fire/EMS/Investigator unit
[3]
MADC-24: Medic 24 (EMS unit)
[4]
Frank 2: Radio channel or tactical designation
[5]
District 2: Fire/EMS district unit
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Location mentioned:
River Rd & State, Cincinnati, OH 45204
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