Dumpster fire reported at Clearwater apartment complex, Clearwater FL
Fire crews responded to reports of a dumpster fire in an apartment complex near 53rd Avenue North in Clearwater. Residents had tried to put out the flames before firefighters arrived. Upon arrival, no active fire was found but smoke was reported in the area.
Audio|Source: Pinellas County Sheriff and EMS, Clearwater / St. Petersburg Police
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Transcript:
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Park apartment.
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at the main address of near 53rd Avenue north.
00:09
It is supposed to be in the middle of the complex.
00:13
Somebody lit dumpster on fire.
00:17
The rescues are responding and the residents are trying to put it out also.
00:32
The caller was calling from this address, near 125 Avenue North, saying it was immediately visible from her backyard.
00:41
That would put it possibly lot number 17 or 16 based upon mapping.
00:59
I'm sorry, can you feed that?
01:10
I'm sorry, can you feed that? All right, see that? All right, see if we got our team over in the Pink Park Department,
01:17
so we said it dumps for our fire.
01:20
All right to respond.
01:55
Hardesthood, injured 41 on scene three-story apartments, nothing showing off the delta, investigating.
02:11
392 Alpha Yeah, now.
02:12
Your current app is going to be 832,000.
02:13
Yeah,
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now the current app is going to be near 38th Avenue north.
02:18
Do we have any prior to this there, please?
02:21
Okay, I'll check.
02:28
Creek for a domestic break.
02:33
Complaintiff's waiting outside in their vehicle,
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the complainant's girlfriend is in the house.
02:37
Apparently the girlfriend's child's father is not allowing him to leave.
02:46
I'm up.
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All right.
02:52
Units around at 1455.
03:01
Let me see the here, see me around for 649.
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I copy 649, you're back in.
03:17
Understood,
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currently the alarm panel says all fits from normal, we're going to the main panel now.
03:23
Understood.
03:31
Dispatch engine 41, the information showed Building 8-Zone 6-7 general fire alarm.
03:40
Understood, we were just in Building 8, the alarm panel, I see building, state, and all systems normal.
03:47
100-041, 10-minute notification.
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Hope for instance.
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10505.
04:40
He just called and asked you to return to the location.
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Advises starting to smoke up.
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Yeah, we're trying to figure out where it was.
04:49
We didn't see that mountain anywhere.
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And there was no dumpster on fire that we drove over to the coverage, several conflicts.
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Clearwater, FL
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