Broken fire sprinkler floods stairwells; elevator trapped, Los Angeles CA
Fire & ArsonA broken fire sprinkler pipe on a building roof caused flooding of four to six feet in stairwells. There are reports of people trapped in an elevator that may also be flooded. Firefighters are assessing the situation and requesting additional resources.
Audio|Source: Los Angeles City Fire
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Transcript:
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It is a gauge on the roof that broke off the pipe, but the water stopped blowing now.
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Fire from a light force 33 to get traffic.
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The live force 33 has be advised also reports to a person trapped in the elevator at your location.
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Yeah, Roger.
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That's a message to update.
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We had a...
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fire control sprinkler pipe break on the roof which is filled these stairwells up with four to six feet of water right now We're assessing the conditions here.
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We'll get back to if we need additional resources
00:41
All right. Push 30-dredger
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Okay,
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truck 33 from Handy Toggy on too
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Yeah, what's the status up there? What do you guys have? We also have Metro just got a hold of me on 7 and let me know there's people trapped in the elevator also, which is probably filled with water also.
01:19
If I could just get somebody to assess the water damage to figure out our plan, this is definitely more than what we could handle.
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So if we're going to get some more resources, let's get them en route so we can get out of here in an hour or two.
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Location mentioned:
Near W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90018
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