Firefighters extinguish house fire with all occupants safe, Colonial Beach VA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a house fire on Forest Avenue in Colonial Beach, VA. They conducted primary and secondary searches inside the residential building and fought fire at multiple locations including the interior and attic. Initially, there was concern that some occupants might still be inside, but all occupants were later confirmed to be safe and accounted for. The team worked to extinguish the fire and clean up hotspots at the scene.
Audio|Source: Westmoreland County Fire/Rescue
05:16
Transcript:
00:00
Command the interior, give me an update.
00:09
The primary search underway.
00:12
I got two crews walking, hooked on the hose line.
00:17
The bulk of the fire is not down on the interior.
00:20
Now we're looking on the route line.
00:26
All incoming units need to access to Forest Avenue.
00:29
All incoming units access to Forest Avenue.
00:35
The pressure to speak.
00:39
Herup, uh, Wakefield.
00:45
Question 28, Command.
00:48
Would you like me to take up the secondary clause to ask us to Wakefield?
00:57
Command.
01:05
And the interior, you can repeat?
01:08
Yeah, it starts a backup line.
01:10
Yeah,
01:13
I don't have enough water to give me your backup line right now.
01:15
I got another crew going down there to the hydrant, if you see what's going on with that.
01:19
They can't give me no pressure.
01:25
I got a two inch over here on side, Delta, you want that?
01:32
Yeah, they can bring it around.
01:36
Going around the side, Charlie or front door?
01:39
Front door, they can get it.
01:46
The rest of the 20th is on location.
01:51
I copy.
01:52
Command, status, all units on team.
01:59
Wakefield Command,
02:01
status all units.
02:04
Command Westmore, all units are okay.
02:06
I still have a crew of about five inside working the structure.
02:10
I can come back with you a little bit.
02:12
Okay, crew of five inside.
02:13
All units okay at this time, 1055.
02:24
All right, I got smoke showing now from behind Devo at the roof line.
02:34
I think that fire is walking down that attic if you got it open up yet.
02:39
Yep,
02:40
we've got the second line in operation now.
02:43
Starting to work the back side of the house.
02:51
I got two from King George.
02:53
I'm going to follow the line in now.
02:58
Tom, I believe a tanker one crew came out, slot bottle.
03:04
They're killing on foot.
03:11
I'm sorry, guys.
03:13
Uh, couple people are hooked in the back.
03:15
I don't need any more phase-on.
03:21
Hianda, Westmore.
03:23
Yeah,
03:25
go ahead, Westmore, Mr.
03:26
Mann.
03:29
Man, we've just received a call that there may be someone inside.
03:32
I'm not sure if all occupants accounted for.
03:37
Yeah,
03:39
Captain Nine, I believe it was, told me that everybody was out when I pulled up.
03:43
I'll tell up a chick.
03:48
This is a man.
03:50
Primary 388 is by truck 28 and 289.
03:59
9-11 Westmoreland curb both occupants that were in the house.
04:03
Nobody else is in the house.
04:05
Everybody's accounted for.
04:09
Okay, I'll copy.
04:10
1058.
04:13
Man, what?
04:15
We've made an entry, crew, too, tied out.
04:24
India private.
04:28
Yeah, will you please have all the other units that are 5-1s on the fire ground and structure and myself?
04:35
Hold all radio traffic, all radio traffic, go through command, please.
04:41
I copy all units on all Wakefield, all traffic goes through command,
04:45
people inside the structure of 1058.
04:47
Thank you for, command.
04:58
And what's going?
05:00
Command.
05:03
Yeah, at this time, with all fires knock down, we got several hotspots there cleaning up for them.
05:08
We're operating on the scene for at least another hour and a half.
05:13
Car knockdown, three hotspots, 1059.
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Forest Ave, Colonial Beach, VA 22443
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