Firefighters battle heavy fire in attic and back room, Mt Airy NC


Firefighters are actively working to control a heavy fire affecting the attic and a back room of a building near E Lebanon St and North St. They report extremely high heat and are coordinating efforts to cool the areas and manage water supply, including shutting off a valve at a nearby hydrant. The fire remains intense with ongoing suppression activities.
Audio|Source: Surry County Public Safety
04:21
Transcript:
00:00
We've got a lot of fire in this room right here on the back.
00:02
We're getting that attic cooled off now.
00:04
Cowanette. Still at the attic is 350, but it's still 800 degrees in this back room.
00:10
We're still 10-suit.
00:15
10-4[1].
00:16
10-2[2]. Number 15-2.
00:21
Number 152.
00:22
One fifty-two.
00:24
Tand-120 from 533 Tower, open pilot.
00:27
Tenth fifteen.
00:28
Ten-four sounded like a pocket-down.
00:31
T-in-four. Fifty-in-four.
00:36
52, I'll have that traffic.
00:38
Victor Edward Nora 8557.
00:41
Go ahead, truck line.
00:42
Cook C. C. C.
00:43
C. C.O. C.O.
00:48
Sorry, direct. Temple.
00:49
on this side of the tree.
00:51
It will be clear in returning back to quarters.
00:53
10.4 sounds good.
00:55
The 225 reference to 24 traffic.
00:58
If you contact order department, Crescent 25 reference, shutting off a valve or something here at the fire hodge.
01:06
And four, I already made contact with the Hodges subject.
01:10
He advised that it's possibly an overflowing valve for testing water.
01:16
He advised he's going to contact the water station and have them 1025 reference checking just to confirm same.
01:23
Yes. We're going to be 10-8[3] from this location.
01:25
Just advise them, it's the hydrant at the corner of North and East Lebanon Street.
01:32
10.28, North Carolina.
01:34
2.23.
01:36
Victor Edward Nore 855-11.
01:37
Figure Edward Nore 855-197.
01:39
On it, she's going.
01:40
Attic just lit off.
01:43
We're lost it out, we're just drowning out.
01:45
Are y'all ready for endear?
01:46
Not yet.
01:47
Jobby, you got heavy fire in the attic.
01:49
Isaac, you want to hit the attic from the outside? Like, she's fully locked out off the feet.
01:53
Sam up. Dale, you go out there or something?
01:55
You're gonna stand up.
01:56
You're gonna stand up. Here he's tall.
01:57
The 41.
01:58
Just confirming your, are you 108 from your previous 1061 traffic?
02:03
Stand forward. I have a public service in reference to a 1079 one-party present road rage incident.
02:09
Stand 4, personal.
02:10
Simple. I still got a lot of heat up there.
02:12
It's cooled it down a little bit, but I've got a lot of pushing.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement/Message received
[2]
10-2: Good signal
[3]
10-8: In service/Available
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Location mentioned:
E Lebanon St & North St, Mt Airy, NC 27030
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