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Caller reports possible chemical spill or liquid thrown at bus driver, initially described as a chemical spill on bus 968686, possibly involving a taxi near East 9th Street and Madison Avenue.New York NY

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Madison Ave, New York, NY

Caller reports possible chemical spill or liquid thrown at bus driver, initially described as a chemical spill on bus 968686, possibly involving a taxi near East 9th Street and Madison Avenue.

Audio|Heard on: FDNY - Manhattan Dispatch
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04:44
Transcript:
00:00
Phone box 1257, the East 9th Street and Madison Avenue, reporting a chemical spill on the bus.
00:05
And phone on Box 1257 at the intersection of East 9th Street, Madison Avenue,
00:10
reporting a chemical spill on a bus.
00:17
Madden, it's going to be 4-4.
00:20
Engine 4-4 responding has that type unit.
00:24
10-4[1]. 10-4.
00:35
9th 0771 we're going to go with the corrected address of 115 4-1 street
00:41
115 4-1 street temple another tiny 9 this is just into the scaffolding correct
00:50
184 24
01:00
Two to be nine.
01:01
One two of a time.
01:05
We're 1084.
01:07
We're looking at a burn off at the DEP plan.
01:11
Did that call back get us any more info?
01:16
Negative, nothing further.
01:20
Okay, 104. It's a normal condition.
01:23
We'll go with an 18 for the 31 or unit to be in the process.
01:28
1031, 1031 on Box 15.9.
01:30
And 31 on Box 1590.
01:31
What's cheaper 1 2.9?
01:33
I'm not to battalion 9th.
01:37
99.
01:39
Battalion 9.
01:41
With that corrected address, the box was changed to 775.
01:47
104.
01:52
Manning company 5-3? 5-3, your message.
01:58
Box 1,257, we're on East 9th Street and Madison Avenue.
02:02
We're not seeing any bus.
02:03
Can we get a 10th of the time?
02:06
Yeah, 5-3. You're getting reported to be MTA bus 968686.
02:13
There's some type of chemical still there, also possibly involving a taxi.
02:26
5-3-9-9-9-9-4-3-treding a minute 4-3-9-4-9-7-9-9-8 in advance for a good back to UK
02:37
all right ten-four
02:46
Rescue battalion, Manhattan.
02:49
Rescue with time.
02:51
775, you repeat the ninth battalion's last report that he said the scaffolding was down? The battalion is reported that the bus was into the scaffolding at the corrected address of 115 East 4-1 Street off of Lex.
03:10
4-1 off Alex, okay.
03:22
1-0. We found a bus in question.
03:27
PD's also on the scene and we have nothing, they don't know anything about it.
03:33
10401. Further in the EMS text, it looks like a taxi driver through some type of chemical,
03:40
possibly at the bus driver for bus 9686.
03:46
All right, 7-4, we found that bus.
03:48
We'll speak to the driver about that.
03:50
Cephyl. Cephyl.
03:55
9 to Manhattan.
03:58
Battalion 9.
04:01
Ux 775. We do have a confirmed MTA bus into the scaffolding.
04:06
We're going to need the scaffolding company, buildings, and an MTA rep.
04:12
10-4[1]. Battalion 9.
04:14
Do you have a heightened size-up of this building?
04:20
Battalion 9, stand by.
04:24
Okay, 4.
04:33
Manhattan.
04:35
1-0. It's 1-257.
04:37
We'll make it an 18 for a 31.
04:39
Apparently,
04:40
somebody threw water at the bus driver.
04:42
We'll go to 9.
04:43
You can return all of special units.
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Madison Ave, New York, NY
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