Fire on second and third floors of apartment building, Levittown PA


A fire broke out in a multi-story apartment building near W Dr in Levittown. Flames and heavy smoke were visible from the second and third floors and the roof. Multiple fire units responded to control the blaze, with efforts focused on those floors. Road closures were requested to facilitate fire operations.
Audio|Source: Bucks County Fire - South/Ops
10:5
Transcript:
00:00
Interior to command.
00:02
My station.
00:03
Engine 10. I want to need you to drop in from Ford and Wharton.
00:09
Engine 50, I'm going to need you to pick up their line.
00:12
Go on the Charlie side of the building.
00:14
Finish it out.
00:15
Get on service.
00:16
We've got fired on the second and third floor on Charlie site.
00:20
Okay. Okay.
00:22
Command.
00:23
Engine 10 received dropping in from Ford and Wharton.
00:32
No, just 50 copy.
00:34
Interior Command.
00:36
Say 11-10-Fitch Command, I have Pico Rudy take 30 minutes.
00:41
Yes.
00:42
We see.
00:44
Can you copy me? Yeah, I got you got.
00:50
These lines stretching the fire, pardon me.
00:53
We're on the fire.
00:55
We've got another line going to the third floor.
00:58
Catch your searching.
01:00
Okay, we got another engine company that's going to come in there off the back.
01:03
Charlie Scott.
01:04
Okay, send them to the third floor.
01:12
Rushfield level of the bus canada in response.
01:20
Rosculum.
01:22
Come in, Russia, Radio, too.
01:25
Yeah, go ahead, come in.
01:28
We're going to happen to the courtyard, and your crew in shine.
01:32
Courtyard inside, receive.
01:42
Three.
01:43
All right.
01:50
Blanc, there's the same, flag is back the car.
01:53
Cruz are making her way up first.
01:58
All right, we got fire blowing out that vent hole.
02:00
It's up above you, so get up there and get it.
02:02
We'll get it.
02:06
Primary, but the fire room and the fire pump is negative.
02:12
Deputy 77 to command.
02:15
Chief.
02:17
God.
02:23
The fire welding.
02:24
The fire welding.
02:25
We can't just put the attention of the fire that is really important like through.
02:29
Okay.
02:31
We're at the plug at Wharton.
02:34
We're going to drop cross Ford Road into the middle entrance.
02:38
But there's so much traffic, we're going to need fire police or the police out here to shut it down before we start.
02:46
Okay.
02:49
Commander Loss, I need fire police.
02:50
If you can't get in Zone 1, have a CDA block this road for me.
02:55
Also, before we start checking along.
02:59
We have made the roof.
03:00
Do you want us to join with Tower 14 and assist in ventilating that part of the roof as well?
03:09
Okay, can you come? Got.
03:13
Use the fire, 1049.
03:15
You have the fire knocking there.
03:18
Who's your brother for the line? ...on the third floor.
03:23
Okay. You're going to have to coordinate.
03:27
The engine tags on scene, Ford and Morton, picking up 77 hydrant.
03:35
With everybody interior, we gotta start getting them ceilings opened up.
03:38
We got a heavy fire vent out the vent hole on Friday, on the roof.
03:45
Command Interior.
03:47
Okay.
03:48
Do we have anybody upstairs with a line yet?
03:56
They got a line.
03:58
Chief, Chief Smith was in here.
04:01
I sent him up for the third floor to take charge it out.
04:04
Injur 50s are arriving bucks.
04:07
Major 70s are driving bucks.
04:13
Committee 77s and 10s are taking that drop.
04:15
You want us on the plug? All right, let's get a line up there.
04:20
Another line up to the third floor.
04:25
We've got a heavy fire vent out of the vent hole, so let's get that, get a line up there, get their ceilings pulled, start concentrating all our efforts up there.
04:36
God for engine 77.
04:39
Command.
04:42
God for command.
04:48
We're going to redirect the line from the fire apartment to the third floor.
04:52
They're using stone to the third floor.
04:55
Okay.
04:57
That's computer, pretty bad.
04:59
Seventy-seven go ahead.
05:01
2.25 on scene.
05:03
1720.
05:06
Power 16 areas and power 16 oz.
05:11
Power 14 officer, command,
05:13
command to go.
05:15
You have zero ground ladders on side three.
05:18
All right, Tower 16, so I get the second alarm here, so our 10 ground ladders.
05:40
Power 16 o'clock.
05:43
Command the Tower 16.
05:45
Go ahead, clap.
05:55
Second alarm on box 129.
05:58
Following, companies will respond, Christian outbreak on the south end.
06:03
Engine E2,
06:05
present, engine 21,
06:07
engine 9, 151, towering, engine 521, rescue 25, rescue 16.
06:15
The address fire at 3,0 West Avenue by the 7-11-town-based apartment's digital league building out of Harvard.
06:23
Start getting a truce run on that corner of the building, let's see if we can hold that right there.
06:34
Received, we're going to come back then so we'll try to have it.
06:37
See.
06:39
I'm just sent a center to come in.
06:42
Where's this line going into?
06:44
Set. Do you see that? Can't move.
06:48
The command, I'm gonna talk to the power 14 is going to ever move.
06:52
Is that engine 7?
06:54
Disregard.
06:56
Deputy 52 to engine 10.
06:58
Engine 10.
07:00
All right here behind 77s, we'll finish the drop.
07:03
All right, we're wrong in the clock.
07:10
Command of Division 3.
07:14
Tower Chief A's Rout four.
07:17
Tower 8.
07:23
Levitown Trace Command is Power 8.
07:26
Tower 8. Tower 8.
07:33
I'm going to need you to go into the storage center.
07:40
Put your boom up. Put your boom up.
07:45
Okay. Can we get down forward from 413 right now?
07:50
Time, Russi.
07:51
Okay. Okay.
07:53
Man, I need a little giant letter to a third floor.
07:56
Okay, Seth.
07:57
Little pile ladder for in the floor.
07:59
Okay.
08:00
Appreciate.
08:01
All right. It's okay.
08:03
Negative. I got a line going across Ford Road.
08:05
I'm going to need you to go up.
08:06
Newportville Road is a forward road.
08:10
Okay, we'll come around that one.
08:12
All right, just cut the gate if you have to.
08:16
Deputy 77 of the box.
08:19
Seventy 77.
08:20
Seventy 77 bucks.
08:24
Seventy 77.
08:25
Are we going to wrap for the first watch on this line? The young AI.
08:33
We don't need a second engine to pick up our light.
08:35
We made it into the courtyard to supply power 14.
08:44
727.
08:47
Michigan City for me.
08:50
Michigan City for me.
08:52
Good. Two things, firepower priority is negative.
08:59
On the back side, the spare well is clear.
09:01
If there was an injury company back there, they could run up the line to the third floor of needs.
09:08
Latter on the Senate.
09:11
All right. Well that's Johnny, I don't know which way it's done when you have lines in that other stairwells.
09:17
I did 7 or 7, I did 10.
09:24
Engine 10.
09:26
Happening to command.
09:28
Give me about a minute.
09:30
We're hooking into Tower 14.
09:31
Once I get a whole stuff, I'll let you know.
09:34
Command.
09:39
In time we see you.
09:46
Ladder Loverim to command.
09:49
Ryan,
09:52
we're in the storage unit parking lot now trying to get this gate.
09:55
Do you have a co-dress?
09:59
Try 1-282 pounds.
10:02
50% in command.
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Location mentioned:
W Dr, Levittown, PA 19054
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