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VAN ON FIRE INSIDE
COMMERCIAL OCCUPANCY |
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July 17,
2003
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At 0232 hrs, a
commercial box assignment was sent to 8801 Commerce
Court for a report of smoke coming from the roof at
that box location. Foam Engine 1, Tower 1, Battalion
81, and Chief 1-1 responded along with the mutual
companies. With smoke in the area, the Foam Engine
laid out, and with the tower, arrived to find smoke
showing from the roof of a multi occupancy strip. At
first, crews had trouble determining which occupancy
the fire was in. Since the initial dispatch reported
a commercial flooring store, they searched that
address first. The Tower's crew forced open the door
and advanced ahead of the Foam Engine through heavy
smoke conditions, finding a van on fire inside the
work bay. They hit what they could with their cans
and then forced the roll up door open to ventilate
while the Engine extinguished the rest of the fire.
Battalion 81 (Captain Pope) had the command. FM 1
and 2 were called to the scene and units began
clearing within the hour. The Tower remained on the
scene until 0515, providing lighting for the FMs.
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