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Lithium-ion battery fire extinguished in sink at Chrystie St, New York NY

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Chrystie St, New York, NY 10002

A lithium-ion battery fire occurred near Chrystie Street in New York. The fire was extinguished in a sink, and hazmat teams were called to safely remove and dispose of the battery.

Audio|Heard on: FDNY - Manhattan Dispatch
Listen to dispatch call
02:18
Transcript:
00:00
Battalion 6 to Manhattan.
00:03
Battalion 6?
00:06
Could you have a hazmat unit respond to this box? We had a lithium ion battery that was on fire.
00:13
It is extinguished in a sink right now.
00:15
Just need somebody to remove the battery.
00:18
All right, Temple, standby.
00:24
Now at the battalion 6.
00:29
Battalion 6.
00:30
The battalion 6 be assigned engine 4 for your hazmat tech unit,
00:35
hazmat 1 in the hazmat battalion.
00:39
Time 4.
00:45
2219 in time.
00:48
315. 315.
00:57
Command.
01:01
Division 1.
01:02
257. Secondary search is a complete negative.
01:05
Probably will hold.
01:06
10-4, Division 1.
01:09
Probably will hold time is 2-2-1-9 hours and duration of fire is 3-2-32 minutes.
01:15
Division 1, 10-4.
01:18
2-2-12 at a time, 3.15.
01:28
217.
01:32
Division 1.
01:34
257, under control.
01:37
104, Division 1.
01:38
Under control time is 2-2-2-2-2-1.
01:40
The final duration, the fire is 3-4-34 minutes.
01:45
Division 1, 10-4.
01:46
2-4. 2-2-2 under time, 315.
02:00
Battalion 6 to Manhattan.
02:03
Tallinnat 6?
02:05
Right now we have the battery in a bucket outside the building.
02:09
Our cells, land of 1-87 and remain on scene, awaiting the arrival of a hazmat unit.
02:15
All right, 10th floor.

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Location mentioned:
Chrystie St, New York, NY 10002

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Incident Timeline

  1. Units Cleared from Scene
  2. Hazmat Response Cancelled
  3. Engine 44 Overpacks Battery
  4. Battery Secured and Awaiting Hazmat
  5. Fire Extinguished and Hazmat Requested
  6. Initial Dispatch for Lithium-Ion Battery Fire

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