Fire department responds to large vehicle fire on Balboa


Firefighters are responding to a large vehicle fire involving multiple cars, including Teslas, on Balboa Blvd. They are working to control the fire, prevent it from spreading, and manage hazardous materials.
Audio|Source: Los Angeles - West County Interagency Fire
06:54
Transcript:
Yeah, the fire suppression from IC[1]. That's going to be our only chance to see those last couple cars. Make sure they get them underneath, too, where the fire can get underneath on the underside, undercarriage. All the companies responding to the auto fire on Balboa, your best approach is going to be southbound on the five from Calgrove. Suppression group from IC. ICSuppression group, go ahead. Okay, let's also get ahead of the rough terrain of the fuel tank to get some Class B foam down. Roger. I think you've got engine 18 coming up scene, southbound five. How can we help? Engine 18[2], drop your manpower off and have them report to light force 75 their fire suppression group. And I want your engine and engineer to report to engine 75 in the water group. Copy. Engineer reporting to engine 75 water group, all manpower reporting under light force 75. from fire suppression you only have two Teslers at the very end that haven't been I at all I can't see us being able to really stop those two I think we just hit the handlines on it engine 91 Roger you're now reporting to truck 75 do as you can with the thermo gel see if you can put out the fire on the two middle cars and hold it there and then thermo gel the two end ones Engineer from Agent 18, 91's is requesting your tank here on the right. We'll assist. 8275 from Water Group. When we find the hydrant up here by this bridge or overpass, we're going to just do a p2 piece off that, and then we're going to lower 4 inch with a gated wide down to the freeway. And then they can water shuttle from... group and fire suppression group. We've got three water tenders total. Water tender 77, water tender 88. We're getting a water tender from LA County. Up to the incident. VAT 87, Roger, is that the squad in the engine or what do you have with you? VALBO IC from Hazabat 87[3]. IC from fire suppression group. Fire suppression group, go ahead. Engine 773 has stockpile a Class V foam. If you're okay with it, they're going to get that coming this way. Yes. Matt 87 from IC on TAC 18. Sable IACC for PASM887, go ahead. When you get a chance, I want you to assess for our case scenario, full tank to diesel and we start having run off what we're going to need for containment. WIC, Roger. Union 5-2 on Baldwin. 10-minute ETA go on emergency. We can respond that way if you'd like or if you need assistance on the Bobo across where the command post is. I already get set up water up there. Engine 28, I want you to come southbound on the five from Calgrove in the auto lanes and you're going to report into the water group. That's LA City Engine 75. Edward Iva Sanky Edward Rodman. Copy standby. IT suppression group, go ahead. Okay, see as how we have the whole southbound closed. Look at the potential for use in your aerial ladder to establish a supply line on Balboa on the Zora cropping if we need it. Roger, water group's going to look at getting the supply and dropping a supply down to the freeway. And I got engine 18 here that are way off of that. Yeah, the only issue I see with that is the weight of the water on the coupling. I think I want to run that down the ladder pipe. and water group just have your aerial respot already now then and we'll prepare for
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
IC: Incident Command
[2]
Engine 18: Fire Engine Unit 18
[3]
Hazabat 87: Hazardous Materials Unit 87
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Location mentioned:
Near Balboa Blvd Suite 101, Granada Hills, CA 91344
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