Apartment fire damages building on E Lark St, Springfield MO
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to an apartment fire on E Lark St in Springfield, Missouri. The fire involved the breezeway and attic areas of the building. Firefighters worked from multiple units, conducting attack, ventilation, and evacuation operations. Some parts of the building required evacuation, and crews operated from aerial ladders to contain and extinguish the fire.
Audio|Heard on: Greene MO Fire-Tac Group Calls
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04:16
Transcript:
00:00
Command from Ladder Nine.
00:02
Ladder Nine, go ahead.
00:05
We got fire on both sides of the breezeway in the center section.
00:10
I've got fire showing through a vent.
00:12
Looks like it's all through the attic.
00:14
The other end of the apartment needs to be evacuated if it hasn't already.
00:19
It's in progress right now.
00:22
Copy.
00:23
Are you going to want to open up aerials when I thought completed?
00:29
If you can get your aerial above and push it to the west, yes.
00:34
Copy, we're going to have to reset our aerial.
00:38
Ladder nine, also if you connect to tower eleven.
00:48
(name withheld), do you want a line connected from our apparatus? Tower eleven, correct.
00:53
Okay,
00:55
Copy. Do we have a person or two that could help with that?
01:14
Fire attack from command.
01:18
Fire attack, do you need another unit?
01:23
I currently have units on the yellow line.
01:31
Command, route operations will begin.
01:41
All units on scene at Lark Apartments.
01:43
Battalion one will be assuming command.
01:45
Ops traffic to go through operations.
02:05
Ventilation from operations.
02:07
Is there a firewall in the building and are you cutting on the other side of it?
02:13
I'm not having fire in the attic where we were cutting.
02:20
Turn it off.
02:23
Validation, if there's a firewall.
02:29
Service unit for operations, go ahead.
02:40
Unreadable.
02:42
Man,
02:45
This is ventilation.
02:46
I'm not able to find a firewall.
02:49
The flames loaded into our original trench cart and went at the second peak of the breezeway.
02:59
This is very interesting.
03:02
So crazy.
03:09
Command from ladder nine.
03:12
Roger, go ahead.
03:14
Our arrows in place, but we have crews on the third floor doing fire attack on the breezeway.
03:21
I copy that.
03:24
Command ventilation.
03:28
Command from fire attack.
03:30
Third floor.
03:33
Command, do you have traffic?
03:35
Do you have traffic for engine eight?
03:38
Hey (name withheld), what's your assignment?
03:42
They're on the third floor on fire attack.
03:49
I mean, this is the third floor.
03:50
Okay,
03:52
I have both main lines on the floor.
03:55
We're making push-ups into the apartments, opening ceiling freeway.
04:01
Go ahead and get in your aerial and tell me the progress of fire attack on that fire.
04:08
Copy. It looks like they need to go into this apartment here on the south side.
04:12
It looks like the apartment through the windows.
04:15
It's got a lot of fire in it.
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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:
E Lark St, Springfield, MO
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