Apartment fire near Copperfield restaurant, Mendota Heights MN
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to an apparent structure fire in an apartment near the Copperfield restaurant in Mendota Heights. The fire was traced to a possible electrical issue above a panel in a third-floor unit. Firefighters accessed the attic and used water cans and hand lines to control heat and smoke. The fire appeared contained after suppression efforts, and no additional resources were requested.
Audio|Heard on: Dakota MN Fire-Tac Group Calls
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04:6
Transcript:
00:00
Come in from Engine 10.
00:03
Go ahead, Engine 10.
00:06
Can you send up?
00:08
I don't know how many firefighters we have on Ladder 11, but I need a pike pole to unit 307.
00:14
Ladder 11 crew can make access to the attic by the Copperfield restaurant.
00:24
Copy. You got four coming up from the Ladder 11 crew.
00:28
8 ft New York rough hook pipe attic ladder.
00:39
So again, I copied that you opened the ceiling and you have.
00:44
Did you say you have fire?
00:48
Correction or confirmed, we do have fire, but we could get it knocked down with a water can.
00:54
Continuing to investigate.
00:57
Copy. You've got fire knocked down with the water can and continuing to investigate?
01:04
Do you need a hand line in the FDC up on the third floor?
01:13
I would get a hand line started, but we do seem to have the fire knocked down at this time.
01:18
But it would be good to get it staged.
01:25
Engine 10 from command.
01:27
Command, go from Engine 10.
01:31
If you have two up there that you can come bring down to pull an apartment pack up,
01:39
or do we need to escalate this to get some additional resources here?
01:46
No resources needed at this time.
01:49
I think we got a knockdown.
01:50
I think it was electrical.
01:52
Small electrical fire above the electrical panel in unit 307.
01:56
We gave water can and knocked out the fire.
02:00
We're investigating.
02:07
Stand from Ladder 11 crew.
02:10
Ladder 11, go ahead.
02:13
Changing conditions, we still have a lot of heat and a lot of smoke.
02:18
Want to get that hand line up on the delta stairwell?
02:28
Engine 11 engineer.
02:33
Go for Ladder 11 engineer.
02:37
Ladder 11 engineer.
02:40
Bring your apparatus up here.
02:42
Spotted at the FDC right in front of me.
02:46
Hooked the FDC.
02:51
Copy, spotting apparatus in front of you and hooking FDC.
02:56
Command from Ladder 11.
03:01
Ladder 11, go ahead.
03:04
This is Captain 1, I'll be assuming Division 3.
03:09
Go again.
03:12
This is Captain 1.
03:13
I'll be assuming Division 3.
03:17
Copy that, Captain 1.
03:19
You got Division 3.
03:21
I've got an additional water can down here if you want to send somebody down to the lobby to get it while we hook the hand line.
03:30
Citizen three to command, I have two firefighters coming from the lobby.
03:33
They need the water can and the keys for the roof access.
03:43
Captain 2 has all the keys from the Knox box.
03:47
Water can is down here in the lobby.
03:55
Firefighter (name withheld), I have the Knox box keys.
04:04
Command from Division 3.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Maple St, Mendota Heights, MN 55118
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