Name: Fire in Basement of Commercial Building video
Uploaded: 2026-09-24T01:45:08.000Z
Description: Firefighters are responding to a basement fire in a commercial building on Grand Blvd in Kansas City, with additional units and medical personnel on site to assist. Crews are working to locate the fire's source amid significant heat and smoke.

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Firefighters are responding to a basement fire in a commercial building on Grand Blvd in Kansas City, with additional units and medical personnel on site to assist. Crews are working to locate the fire's source amid significant heat and smoke.

Fire in Basement of Commercial Building

 Command, can we go ahead and move your traffic to A3, or do you still need the TAC?

 Yeah, we can move it over to 3. You can also put this as ventilation complete, please.

 Ventilation complete, all traffic to A3, TAC 5 is clear. 2143 hours.

Command from dispatch. Yes, command, go ahead. Command, can we go ahead and move your traffic to A3, or do you still need the TAC? Yeah, we can move it over to 3. You can also put this as ventilation complete, please. Ventilation complete, all traffic to A3, TAC 5 is clear. 2143 hours.

Ventilation is complete, and some units are returning to their vehicles.

 If you guys are back at the rig, you can be in.

6 Truck Command. Command, go ahead. You're all clear on the exposures. Message received, thanks. If you guys are back at the rig, you can be in. Copy.

Firefighters confirm all exposures are clear, and some units are returning to their vehicles.

 Okay, I'm going to redirect that basement stairwell span to blow us there for a little bit.

 Command, all the businesses on the front side look clear and clean.

 Car 1's going to be in service if you don't need anything else.

6 Truck, command. Go ahead, 6 Truck. Are we good in the basement? Yeah, the basement's good. Okay, I'm going to redirect that basement stairwell span to blow us there for a little bit. Message received. Command, all the businesses on the front side look clear and clean. Car 1's going to be in service if you don't need anything else. Command, copy. Thank you.

Firefighters confirm the basement is clear, and businesses on the front side are unaffected.

We've got quite a few vans down here in the basement, moving a lot of air. I think if we give it 10 more minutes down here with these vans, the basement will be good to go.

We've got quite a few vans down here in the basement, moving a lot of air. I think if we give it 10 more minutes down here with these vans, the basement will be good to go. Message received.

Crews expect the basement to be clear of smoke in about 10 minutes with current ventilation efforts.

 We got a good bit of smoke on the second floor.

 So if we get that fan going on that exterior door on the C side, hopefully it'll charge it and get it out.

6 Truck, command. Go ahead, 6 Truck. We got a good bit of smoke on the second floor. We got a window propped open. So if we get that fan going on that exterior door on the C side, hopefully it'll charge it and get it out. Message received. Truck 3B, do you copy direct? Copy direct. You want it around the alley side? Correct, yes, alley. On the way, copy.

Firefighters are setting up a fan at an exterior door on the alley side to clear smoke from the second floor.

Dispatch Grand. Grand command, go ahead. Yeah, we're going to be out for a little while here doing some ventilating. It's a rather large building. Copy, out for a while on ventilation. Command, you have all assigned units have reported on scene. Message received. I should be able to start cutting some loose here shortly after we get picked up. Message received. You should cut some loose after you get picked up.

Firefighters will continue ventilating the large building for some time. All assigned units are currently on scene.

 You want to meet me back here in the alley?

Go ahead, come back. You want to meet me back here in the alley? Yeah, I'll come up.

Firefighters are coordinating efforts in the alley to manage the situation.

 We have an elevator shaft that we have open at the top.

 If you can find an elevator shaft, that's where you can push the most smoke out of.

 Truck command, it's on the east side of the building.

Truck 3A, this is Truck 3B. Go ahead. We have an elevator shaft that we have open at the top. If you can find an elevator shaft, that's where you can push the most smoke out of. Truck command, it's on the east side of the building. Copy. We're working on that right now.

Fire units are using an elevator shaft on the east side to help ventilate smoke from the building.

Extract to command, all clear, secondary, basement.

 Dispatch copies, all clear, secondary in the basement.

Extract to command, all clear, secondary, basement. Command copy, all clear, secondary. Dispatch copies, all clear, secondary in the basement.

Crews confirm the basement is all clear after a secondary search.

 I think we'll need two more in the basement.

Companion, Truck 3. Go ahead. We've got two electric fans going. I think we'll need two more in the basement. You guys want gas fans? Negative. Copy.

Firefighters have deployed two electric fans and are requesting two more to ventilate the basement.

Extract command, can we get some fans down in the basement?

Extract command, can we get some fans down in the basement? Command, copy.

Firefighters are requesting fans to help ventilate the basement.

Rescue Ladder's all clear, primary, second floor.

 Dispatch, copy, it's all clear, primary, second floor.

Rescue Ladder's all clear, primary, second floor. Command, copy, primary, second floor. Dispatch, copy, it's all clear, primary, second floor.

Firefighters report the second floor is clear after a primary search.

 Yeah, I'm working on that right now. I'm working around back.

 We got some heat and smoke coming from the basement of the building. We're still trying to locate the source.

Truck 3 on scene, on Grand. Truck 3 on scene, on Grand. 102, what building are we looking at? Yeah, I'm working on that right now. I'm working around back. Command, this is Pumper 8. Go ahead. We got some heat and smoke coming from the basement of the building. We're still trying to locate the source. Message received. Rescue 1, you're on scene. Rescue 1, you're on scene.

Crews report heat and smoke from the basement as they work to locate the fire's source.

High-rise 102, show you responding. Was that 211? That's probably. Car 218, responding. Car 218, responding. 110, responding. 130, responding. 130, responding. Pumper 10 there. Pumper 10's on scene. Pumper 10, I'll have you go over on the Grand side. Truck 3, you want to take the Grand side as well? Truck 6, you want to be on the Charlie side with Pumper 8? Truck 6, copy.

High-rise 102, show you responding. Was that 211? That's probably. Car 218, responding. Car 218, responding. 110, responding. 130, responding. 130, responding. Pumper 10 there. Pumper 10's on scene. Pumper 10, I'll have you go over on the Grand side. Truck 3, you want to take the Grand side as well? Truck 6, you want to be on the Charlie side with Pumper 8? Truck 6, copy. Truck 6, copy.

Firefighters are positioning units around the building to tackle the basement fire from multiple sides.

Car 110, Car 130, Car 211, Car 218, High-rise 102, Medic 503, make the working building fire, 1525 Grand Boulevard, come up on TAC 5.

 Car 110, Car 130, Car 211, Car 218, High-rise 102, Medic 503, 1525 Grand Boulevard, building fire, come up on TAC 5.

Car 110, Car 130, Car 211, Car 218, High-rise 102, Medic 503, make the working building fire, 1525 Grand Boulevard, come up on TAC 5. Car 110, Car 130, Car 211, Car 218, High-rise 102, Medic 503, 1525 Grand Boulevard, building fire, come up on TAC 5.

Additional firefighting units and medical personnel are responding to assist with the fire.

Could you go ahead and send me a working fire response to 50, the alley behind 1525 Grand, and let's move this to TAC 5.

 Copy, working fire behind 1525 Grand. Is this at an apartment building?

 It's a commercial structure. Looks like we got fire in the basement.

Could you go ahead and send me a working fire response to 50, the alley behind 1525 Grand, and let's move this to TAC 5. Copy, working fire behind 1525 Grand. Is this at an apartment building? It's a commercial structure. Looks like we got fire in the basement. Copy that. Copy that.

Firefighters on scene confirm a fire in the basement of a commercial building and have requested additional units for assistance.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 1525 Grand Blvd.

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