Small vehicle fire investigated near South Nineteenth St, Newark NJ
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a small vehicle fire near South Nineteenth Street in Newark. The vehicle, believed to be a burgundy four-door Chevy HHR, reportedly contained stolen items that may have caused the fire. The vehicle's owner was not present at the scene, and police assistance was requested.
Audio|Heard on: Essex NJ Fire-Tac Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
02:29
Transcript:
00:00
Come down Nineteenth and Clinton Avenue.
00:03
Seems like we got a small fire at this time.
00:06
Person.
00:09
Trying one with me.
00:13
Eleven received.
00:16
Eleven received.
00:19
See that.
00:21
Battalion Four to headquarters on channel three.
00:24
Battalion Four.
00:26
Okay, from ladder five, they located a small vehicle fire on South Nineteenth Street.
00:32
We use the address near South Nineteenth St.
00:38
Engine 18, okay.
00:41
Okay, have our no police respond.
00:44
We have stolen items in the vehicle which caused the vehicle fire to start.
00:49
It's in the rear of the vehicle on arrival.
00:53
First six.
00:54
Trying for the echo.
00:56
Trying for.
00:58
Okay, be advised this is a burgundy Chevy four-door HHR.
01:05
Stand by for a license plate.
01:08
This is 64.
01:10
This is 654.
01:12
You can put us on scene as Captain 5 from command.
01:15
Three-story frame, not sure on what it buys.
01:17
No alarm sounding or evacuation.
01:19
We can leave.
01:23
Dispatch to all units, spotter box 4400 and forty-eight.
01:26
Engine 54, signal 318.
01:27
Engine six, ladder eleven of town one at 400 and forty-one seventy-two.
01:33
Five hundred and forty headquarters.
01:36
Five hundred and four.
01:39
Okay, I am ready for the registration when you are ready.
01:44
You hold on with those things as well.
01:48
His New Jersey temporary tag (number withheld).
01:51
(number withheld).
01:58
Briefly.
02:00
I just fixed the ladder eleven, you can take off.
02:03
Ladder eleven received.
02:04
Ladder eleven to quarters, we're built.
02:07
Let me see that.
02:09
Hey, put up battalion one chief, your status? Battalion one.
02:13
Battalion four, Hancock.
02:17
Be advised, the owner of the vehicle is not on the scene.
02:22
All we did was the muffler was thrown in.
02:27
I have no police.
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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:
S 19th St, Newark, NJ 07108
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