Fire crews respond to chimney fire near North Johnson Road, Columbia City IN
Heads up: This post was detected from real-time dispatch audio. Information may be incomplete, and the situation may evolve. Always verify using official agency releases.
Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a reported chimney or fireplace fire involving the basement and roof at a residence near North Johnson Road in Columbia City, Indiana. Crews split to address the fire from the basement and roof areas.
Audio|Heard on: Whitley County Fire Operations
Listen to dispatch call
03:32
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 201 from Fire 204 out swimming.
00:13
I'm going to need you guys to split your crew.
00:16
We do have a fireplace burning in the basement.
00:19
It does share the same flu with the fireplace on the main floor.
00:24
And I would like the secondary crew to take a ladder to the chimney and get up on the roof.
00:34
Could you go on Claire's split crews?
00:37
One go to the basement, one take a ladder to the roof.
00:40
We go to the row five, sorry.
00:46
I'm clear. Um,
00:49
go ahead and split your crew do the best of your ability.
01:03
Let's go ahead and do our impacts for now just to be safe.
01:09
Okay.
01:12
County Fire 204.
01:13
Let's go ahead and make this a 703 at this time.
01:20
And clear on code 703.
01:27
Spence Fire 201, I'm on C.
01:32
201 on Feast.
01:38
Fire 204 of A-200.
01:44
Go ahead for fire 204 on Ops 1.
01:49
Do you want 207 if that just traffic was broken? I didn't hear what they said.
01:55
Affirmative, one of you guys go ahead and respond out here.
01:58
Quick.
02:17
Truck 207 en route to 1539 North Johnson Road.
02:22
Agent 201, why don't you guys just stay on the road to stop here in front of the driveway? Have your interior crew take that thermal inside.
02:30
Engine 21. Dispatch engine 2 on out Swan on the scene.
02:35
Vision 201 on scene.
02:40
Coming in from fire 201.
02:44
Go ahead.
02:48
I'm just doing another 360 on the Charlie side.
02:51
It's like the back chimney is pushing on more embers and definitely a lot of popping and crackling going on up there.
03:00
I'm clear.
03:08
Command, Tanker 204.
03:13
Good.
03:15
We're just passing 290's house.
03:17
I'm coming up on being given a time.
03:23
Fine, you guys stayed short, fine, 2-01 will use your manpower.
03:29
Thank you for staging short, breaking up manpower.
Disclaimer:
This transcript was automatically generated and may contain inaccuracies. Please verify the information independently.
Location mentioned:
N Johnson Rd, Columbia City, IN 46725
This shows a Google Street View of the area near the location, which might not be the exact address.
Correct
Incorrect
Not all dispatch calls become confirmed incidents. This reflects early radio traffic only. Treat with caution.
