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Apartment fire on third floor with residents evacuatedNorth Bethesda MD

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Near Village Square Terrace, North Bethesda, MD 20852

A fire occurred on the third floor balcony of a multi-story apartment building near Village Square Terrace. Residents evacuated safely, and fire crews responded by managing the fire and searching for any victims or further fire spread. No injuries have been reported among the residents so far. Fire suppression efforts are ongoing with multiple units supervising different floors and conducting primary searches in affected apartments.

Audio|Source: Montgomery County MD Fire Rescue 7A4 Incident 10
08:19
Transcript:
00:00
All right. I'm trying seven to twos on the scene.
00:03
I'll go ahead and take command and sign off on my vehicle.
00:09
Everybody on drivers, charge my line.
00:14
All right, we do have fire showing from the third floor balcony.
00:17
He's going to be side alpha in the Delta Quadrant.
00:26
Sierra charge it.
00:30
Come now.
00:35
All right, engine 723, you're going to be the Division 3 supervisor Ewing your tower, okay?
00:44
Mandate, engine 721, you're on the scene.
00:51
198 behind, 10.9, 23.
00:54
All right, I copy that.
01:02
305, you're going to be the fourth floor, fourth floor supervisor, okay?
01:08
Engine 7.05, okay.
01:14
From 18 to 5, your water supplies are going to be locked down.
01:20
Take up a split from behind our wagon and take it up to near Village Square Terrace.
01:30
Hi, Director.
01:34
Chief 742 is on the scene.
01:36
You have an assignment command.
01:41
Yeah, go and take the Division 3 Supervisor.
01:44
When you get a chance, can you give me a site trial report?
01:48
Yeah, well do. I'll get a good dress.
01:50
It'll be a math. All right, Commander engine 718, Power 718.
01:56
You're going to be going to the 4th floor.
01:59
Division 4, engine 705, the supervisor here, time.
02:06
Now for Edge 1718.
02:11
Yeah, it's engine 718, tower 718.
02:14
Alright. 4-4.
02:15
4.4.
02:18
All right. Got me.
02:24
Add to engine 723, the Division 3 Supervisor.
02:27
It looks like you got a pretty good knock on that fire.
02:29
All right, we got one in the fire pack now.
02:35
Working on the primary now.
02:39
All right, get back to me when you have primary for that entire floor.
02:47
Chiefs, all five, command.
02:49
Sorry, Charlie,
02:51
end-to-end,
02:52
nothing added, four stories.
02:58
So I'm going to come out, we're direct on all radio traffic 10 minute I do.
03:03
All right, I copy note.
03:06
Command engine 726 is going to be the rig group supervisor it's u squad 703 tower 703 annual 721 and ALF 742
03:20
all of 722 everybody can do 726 okay my group supervisor
03:28
22 to command
03:36
I've talked to all the victims that have come out of the fire building.
03:38
There's no injuries at this point.
03:40
The victim or the residents that was in the fire apartment has flood the scene and off into the hills past the other apartments.
03:47
All right.
03:52
And the resident that you have there with you, which apartment are they from?
03:58
The exposure just above the fire apartment.
04:00
She's not having any injuries right now.
04:05
All right, happy.
04:15
And Division 3, ma'am.
04:21
And the Division 3, did you give a message?
04:27
That's guys. Primary is negative.
04:28
Fire cells, checking for extension.
04:31
We don't need any more units from the fire refurnment.
04:34
All right, I copy that.
04:36
And the primary that's for the entire division, every apartment on the third floor there.
04:44
This primary is an apartment.
04:46
I want to go on to check the other apartments now.
04:50
All right.
04:54
Command 2, Division 4 in 705,
04:57
looking for Elkan on the number 4th floor.
05:08
154, I'll be in there in a couple seconds.
05:15
Trial 718, the command.
05:21
Yeah, go ahead.
05:25
So the primary search for the fire above, I'll see, a problem about the fire apartment, apartment with one floor,
05:35
planning conditions,
05:37
and it's the apartment.
05:38
All right, so copy primaries from the apartment directly above and no extension.
05:52
All right, all the station.
05:54
All right. All right.
06:05
Paramed again at 726.
06:07
Rigroup survivor survivor set up on side office.
06:11
All right, it's on.
06:16
Come in.
06:20
Yeah,
06:22
go ahead.
06:23
It's 2,742.
06:24
You got nothing on the Atari side.
06:30
All right.
06:45
All right, all departments on Division 3 are player, primary negative.
06:54
All right.
06:59
And from what you've been able to see so far, if you don't know the answer yet, that's fine, but can determine if you need an athlete eye out there based on what you're seeing.
07:13
Yeah, we're going to need FBI.
07:18
Okay, commanding, we're going to read direct.
07:23
We've got to come in, we started FI.
07:26
We also had history of M.O.
07:28
At this address that we've alerted FI about.
07:31
Yeah,
07:33
great, thank you.
07:38
Command 2, Rescue Squad 742.
07:42
Looking for your location and assigns.
07:49
Rush is going to command.
07:50
Go ahead.
07:52
Yeah,
07:55
your location and what your assignment is right now that you're doing.
08:01
currently the main event rents heading down for utilities.
08:05
Secondary on the fire floor.
08:07
Secondary on this scenario will be on completely.
08:11
All right, great.
08:13
And while you're down there, can give me primary on first and second, please.
08:18
All right.

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Near Village Square Terrace, North Bethesda, MD 20852

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