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Structure fire with gas explosions and possible missing personPainesville OH

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Near N Ridge Rd, Painesville, OH 44077

A structure fire occurred near North Ridge with confirmed gas tank explosions. Multiple fire departments responded. Evacuations were underway. A person who was inside moving a vehicle with a tow truck is missing and not accounted for.

Audio|Source: Lake County Police & Fire
06:18
Transcript:
00:00
First rupture fire near North Ridge, Bullet Recovery, with staging at the scene.
00:07
Departments due to respond are Painesville City with an engine auto-aid, Perry with an engine auto-aid, Leroy with a medic auto-aid, Airport with an engine, Auto-Aid, Concord with an engine, Mentor with a truck, and Mentor with Air One.
00:22
Tag channels are 90-10, departments please acknowledge mentor-fire, clear.
00:25
1445.
00:26
2723, the Perry.
00:27
How far a guy gets that water secure?
00:28
That's no hill.
00:29
I cut. I cut. 294 is 45.
00:30
Drivers Tom Paul, (number withheld).
00:35
323 down, we're down here, we're on a hydrant down here.
00:38
3-9. 35, 200, Charlton Road.
00:41
Alarms going off.
00:42
There's dismissal time.
00:43
Can we clear from 159, Nelson? I'll be heading to 53 Nelson.
00:47
And who am I speaking with, again? It's (name withheld).
00:51
(name withheld).
00:52
Again, he's going to be warned for telecommunications harassment.
00:54
I told him to leave Stephanie alone and you better not go up at her house or they're going to charge him.
00:57
Goaltrans Central.
00:58
Mercury Station wagon, black and colored, expires, (number withheld) to a Kelly, me at Kinn's out of the Eastlet 7.
01:06
I copy. Can I get the last four of the social?
01:10
(number withheld).
01:11
Edward (number withheld), CynReyx for Edward (number withheld).
01:14
I'm still having an issue, sign it on with my screen for mobile ones.
01:17
Okay, 367. What county are you in? Laker, Giga.
01:20
720 shut down from the water supply line.
01:23
I have my end set down.
01:25
I'm on the west.
01:26
337 checkup.
01:27
I'm okay. What's the year I'm making on this car here?
01:28
I'm six several.
01:29
I'm shutting off lists and repositioning.
01:31
So if you could have asked, advise the last four of the CAD as well as this RP expired or so are valid.
01:38
1751 is the last four of the CAD.
01:40
Stand by on the RPA.
01:42
Not sure, nothing from two sides about investigating offensive strategy appears evacuated and 12-10 as command at 1450.
01:49
that hydrant hooked up that surreports was played into that...
01:54
Are you hooked up to that hydrant?
01:56
Adam on. You're in route for this, too, as well, correct?
01:59
Command Central. And go ahead.
02:00
360 could not be completed to the student departure at this time.
02:03
However, nothing shown from three sides of the structure.
02:05
Remaining offences, no changes.
02:06
I copy. I have 1451.
02:08
Man. Go for command.
02:10
Fox 2722, first level alarm is in at 1451, tag 9 time of signs.
02:15
Command. Command.
02:16
Over, command. I think you received a call, someone, one of the apparatus going eastbound on two near Grand River, near the Grand River, lost its hose, was dragging it, and eventually lost it completely.
02:28
So someone on the same does not have a hose.
02:29
Wonderful. Thank you.
02:31
6. Look at the hose.
02:32
See if Perry Village or North Perry can assist on closing the east side.
02:36
Because it looks like I got these all tied off.
02:37
They can't move any vehicles right now.
02:38
Okay, North Perry or Perry Village.
02:40
The caregiver grabbed him.
02:43
I was able to get his hoodie off, but he took off.
02:45
He's got no shirt on, pants.
02:48
I don't know which direction he's going down here.
02:51
There's big gas tanks down on the send.
02:57
I can't see him.
02:58
I don't throw it back or not.
02:59
Copy that, we've been having small explosions.
03:01
So, command all units operating on the scene.
03:03
Everybody slow it down,
03:04
maintain a safe distance away from the structure.
03:06
All we're going to do is put water on it.
03:08
It's all we're going to be doing here.
03:09
We're not going to get hurt doing this.
03:10
Central Command, the call from...
03:13
Bullet recovery.
03:15
Someone was inside moving a vehicle with the tow truck and they are not accounted for.

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Near N Ridge Rd, Painesville, OH 44077

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