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Apartment complex fire causes evacuation in Marin County, Novato CA
Fire & ArsonFire units responded to an apartment complex near Bowling Circle in Marin County, California, after alarms reported water flow and smoke on the second floor. Residents were evacuated safely while fire crews investigated for active flames and saw no fire on the first floor.
Audio|Heard on: Marin County - All County Fire Agencies
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03:21
Transcript:
00:00
Entent six four and battalion six one requested as a scene of apartment complex alarm with a water flow.
00:08
Coming up front door and a slight smell of smoke, near Bowling Circle.
00:18
Stand by, we'll give us two minutes.
00:22
Copy. Okay,
00:27
but Tyne, 6-1 responding.
00:29
Let's start a command attack, please.
00:33
Command Delta 5, attack Delta 4, and attack Delta 6.
00:37
Engine 65, copy.
00:45
Marine engine 65,
00:47
balance assignment for a structure fire, establishing IC.
00:53
Balancing assignment. Balancing assignment.
01:01
B2, engine 64,
01:03
show truck 64, responding in place of engine 64.
01:07
Switch to command up the price.
01:13
Truck 17, you can disregard town.
01:18
Battalion 54, Truck 54, Engine 5A, Balance of Assignment, structure fire,
01:25
near Bowling Circle,
01:28
Command D5, TACB, Bowling, IC, 827.
01:36
6-1, 4-1, structure fire and apartment complex, near Bowling Circle.
01:41
Command D5, TAC, B4, rolling, I see, 828.
01:47
Marin, IC, evacuation is complete.
01:53
Evacuation complete.
01:55
Evacuation complete.
01:57
828.
02:05
Bucine 6-7, in place to batine slide 4.
02:08
BITine 554, copy.
02:13
An engine 63.
02:19
With engine 63 now, that means, I'm a minute.
02:26
One minute.
02:30
To be signed 6-1, let's hold 6-3 for coverage.
02:35
6-3, most decision 6-1.
02:39
6-1. 6-3.
02:45
The time 5-4 did you copy, it's a time 6-7 handle.
02:53
Very nice, see.
02:55
We open the front door, there's no fire on the bottom floor.
02:58
It appears to be on the second floor,
03:01
waiting for two-out establish before we make interior.
03:08
No fire on the first floor?
03:10
Look to be on the second floor, waiting for two out.
03:16
We're in between that before.
03:17
Did not copy that traffic.
03:19
You can cancel 6-7 handle.
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