Firefighters battle structure fire in McAllen, Mcallen TX
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a structure fire near Galveston Avenue and South 17th Street in McAllen, Texas. Multiple fire units, including Engine Two, Truck Five, and additional crews, were working on the roof and coordinating efforts to contain active flames on the delta side of the building. The fire was largely confined to the second floor of the primary structure. Emergency medical personnel were also dispatched to assist a woman experiencing cardiac arrest nearby.
Audio|Heard on: Hidalgo County Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
03:18
Transcript:
00:00
Command post located near Galveston and 17th Street,
00:03
east corner.
00:07
Received.
00:12
What else is up there besides your crew?
00:16
We've got Engine Two working with us and Truck Five opposite on top of the roof.
00:26
How's the roof there? Stability of that roof where you're at.
00:29
Do we have too many people up there?
00:35
Open it here.
00:41
This operation, please.
00:49
We do have a couple of vent holes created by the fire already.
00:58
Repeat your traffic, please.
01:00
We're operations.
01:05
Conditions and update on the rooftop.
01:07
We do have some vent holes already created by the fire.
01:18
Okay, which roof are you talking about? The income tax roof or the main fire roof?
01:28
Main fire building.
01:35
Make way to your operation, to your location.
01:44
Yeah, affirmative.
01:47
Medical to the Crawford District Four.
01:49
Medical to the Crawford District Four near South Tenth Street.
01:53
Units responding to a female subject experiencing cardiac arrest.
01:57
Traffic will be on ground two.
02:03
Where is your location, Romeo One?
02:08
We have Alpha Side.
02:11
Perfect.
02:14
Charlie Two, Ops.
02:18
Go ahead, Charlie Two.
02:22
Just observations from the rear.
02:25
Pretty much on the second floor,
02:28
your delta or north side is a solid brick wall.
02:34
So it's only contained to the second floor of the original structure.
02:41
That's affirmative.
02:47
Oh wait, can you come up?
02:54
Because I got a visual on the attic.
02:55
There's about a foot and a half of clearance in the attic that we can see.
02:59
We do have active fire currently on the delta side in between that roof underneath that tree.
03:09
Okay, is that something that you can address from where you are? If not going in,
03:14
We've got two crews.
03:15
I think we got Engine One and Truck Six operating up there on their roof.
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Location mentioned:
Galveston Ave & S 17th St, McAllen, TX 78501
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