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Man Injured in Three-Alarm Fire at New Way Supermarket

342 Elmwood Ave

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  • Firefighters responded to a fire at New Way Supermarket in Providence, where they had to cut through a locked gate to gain access. One man inside was hospitalized due to smoke inhalation.

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The fire is now under control, but firefighters continued to address hot spots.

Fireground 2 · 0:09
Command received. You can put the fire under control. We're going to be here working on hot spots for a while. Received. Fire under control, 354.

Firefighters have ten hoses in operation and are making progress, but the situation remains uncertain.

Fireground 2 · 0:19
And fire alarm to command. Command. Company's operating for 50 minutes. Command received. At this time, we have 10-line stretch in operation. Ladder 2 is mass-extremely in operation. Companies are making progress. Still doubtful. Roger. 245.

Conditions are improving at the rear of the supermarket, according to firefighters on scene.

Fireground 2 · 0:09
Light 3 sector to command, conditions are improving in the in the rear of this building. Command received.

Firefighters are requesting a secure water supply as they are running low.

Fireground 2 · 0:05
Engine 11, I need a secure line of water. I'm running out of water.

A canteen has been set up nearby to support firefighters on scene.

Fireground 2 · 0:08
2 Command. Command, go ahead. Company's operating for minutes, and be advised the canteen will be at the corner of Elmwood and Burnett.

Firefighters report heavy fire in the roof area, with three hoses used to control the blaze.

Fireground 2 · 0:21
Command to Battalion 3, give me a status update back there, Battalion 3, section. Battalion 3, section of command, we got heavy fire in the roof area, throughout the whole building. Three lines in operation.

Firefighter advise all crews have exited the building and no firefighter have been injured in the incident.

Fireground 2 · 0:05
All 3rd alarm companies, bring your equipment to side 1 from command.
Fireground 2 · 0:28
Command Engine 9. Engine 9. What location and what's your status at this time? Burdett. Report to the side when I need you to get a line on this side 2 exposure. Received. Fire alarm to Engine. The 31 companies, come with your equipment to side 1, BB.
Fireground 2 · 0:07
Fire alarm to command. All companies have been accounted for. Roll call is now complete, 227.

Additional firefighting units are working on multiple sides of the supermarket to extinguish the fire.

Fire Dispatch · 0:08
Canteen 1, the fire alarm are on scene, Elmwood at Burnett. Elmwood and Burnett, 225.
Fireground 2 · 0:27
36 Battalion 5, side 1. Engine 3. Engine 3, fire, side 1. Ladder 6. Ladder 5, side 1. Engine 7. Engine 7, fire, side 3. Division 1. Division 1, fire. Rescue 4. Rescue 4, fire, side 1. Car 56.
Fireground 2 · 0:29
Car 56, fire. Engine 13. Engine 13, fire, side 1. Engine 14. Engine 14, fire, side 3. Ladder 1. Ladder 1, fire, side 1. Rescue 5. Rescue 5, fire, side 1. Battalion 2. Battalion 2, fire, side 3. Engine 9.

Firefighters are evacuating the building and working to extinguish the fire from outside due to increased fire risk.

Fireground 2 · 0:20
Received. All companies operating at 342 Elmwood Avenue, evacuate the building, using an exterior attack. That's all companies operating at 342 Elmwood Avenue, evacuate the building, exterior attack. 220. All companies on your air horns.

Firefighters report a ruptured gas line and visible fire venting from the building. A third alarm has been called requesting for additional units for assistance.

Fireground 2 · 0:12
Engine 7, that's a negative. From command, if you can go to the rear of the building of Psy 3 with a line. Engine 7, receive that message. Roger.
Fireground 2 · 0:47
Side 3, start to the command. Command, you guys, on the exterior of the building, looks like a gas line is ruptured also. Command to Side 3, repeat that message? Visible fire venting out of Side 3. Two lines in operation. We're going to get another line going. We've got a gas line ruptured. We're working on opening up some more doors, opening up this building more. Command received. Fire alarm, start me a third alarm as those companies stage on Elmwood Ave. Roger, third alarm staging on Elmwood, 216.

Firefighters advise they have searched the nightclub and report no one was found.

Fireground 2 · 0:17
Safety to command. Command, go ahead. From Special Hazards, the primary and exposure 2 of the nightclub is negative. Received, primary negative, exposure 2.

Firefighters advise EMS is transporting the man to a medical facility for treatment.

Fire Dispatch · 0:05
Rescue 1, transporting to Rhode Island. Transporting to Rhode Island at 212.

Firefighters are checking the attached nightclub for a possible person inside, as advised by a patient.

Fire Dispatch · 0:32
Rescue 1 to fire alarm on channel 1. Rescue 1. Can you notify the chief that our patient said to check the Maserati nightclub attached to the grocery for a person who may be inside? Rescue 1, can you go again with that message? Our patient says the owner of the Maserati nightclub, which is attached to the grocery, which is on a code red, may have a person inside. Maserati restaurant attached to the code red building, possible person inside. Received.

Firefighters have transmitted a second alarm for the supermarket fire, with additional units responding.

Fireground 2 · 0:07
Command to fire alarm, you can start me a second alarm. Roger, second alarm, 201.
Fire Dispatch · 0:10
Attention, Engine 13, Engine 14, Ladder 1, Rescue 5, and Battalion 2. Fill in on a second alarm of fire. 342 Elmwood Avenue.

Roads around the supermarket are being blocked off to assist firefighting efforts.

Police 1 - Dispatch · 0:14
22, I have the road blocked off from Greenridge at Elmwood. Someone can come from the Moore Street side and block the road. Received, officer responding to the Moore Street side of Elmwood, block the street.

A man inside the supermarket is being taken to the hospital by rescue personnel after he inhaled smoke.

Fireground 2 · 0:15
Rescue 1 to fire alarm. Rescue 1. We've got a male who's inside that building smoking a leash. We're going to be taking him to the hospital. Received, Rescue 1.

Firefighters are cutting through a locked roll-down gate to access the supermarket.

Fireground 2 · 0:18
Engine 10, I got a one-story, non-combustible, convenience store. It's locked up. We have no knocked-by keys. We have to cut through the roll-down gate. Received, Engine 10. Battalion 1, received? Battalion 1, received.

Firefighters confirm a fire at the supermarket that requires urgent attention.

Fireground 2 · 0:11
Engine 10 on scene, poor condition, code red. Received, code red 153.

Firefighters are responding to a 911 report of a fire at New Way Supermarket.

Fire Dispatch · 0:33
That's engines 10-8, less special hazards 1, less 5 in 2. Rescue 1, Battalion 1 in the safety, Battalion 1. 342 Elmwood Avenue, possibly the New Way supermarket, reported fire inside the store, cross streets of Mett and Mourney, 2. That's engines 10-8, 11, less hazards, less saving. Rescue 1, Battalion 1 in the safety, 342 Elmwood Avenue, reported fire inside the store, cross streets of Mett and Mourney, zombies are assigned Channel 2 at 1-5.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 342 Elmwood Ave.

The fire is now under control, but firefighters continued to address hot spots.

Fireground 2 · 0:09
Command received. You can put the fire under control. We're going to be here working on hot spots for a while. Received. Fire under control, 354.

Firefighters have ten hoses in operation and are making progress, but the situation remains uncertain.

Fireground 2 · 0:19
And fire alarm to command. Command. Company's operating for 50 minutes. Command received. At this time, we have 10-line stretch in operation. Ladder 2 is mass-extremely in operation. Companies are making progress. Still doubtful. Roger. 245.

Conditions are improving at the rear of the supermarket, according to firefighters on scene.

Fireground 2 · 0:09
Light 3 sector to command, conditions are improving in the in the rear of this building. Command received.

Firefighters are requesting a secure water supply as they are running low.

Fireground 2 · 0:05
Engine 11, I need a secure line of water. I'm running out of water.

A canteen has been set up nearby to support firefighters on scene.

Fireground 2 · 0:08
2 Command. Command, go ahead. Company's operating for minutes, and be advised the canteen will be at the corner of Elmwood and Burnett.

Firefighters report heavy fire in the roof area, with three hoses used to control the blaze.

Fireground 2 · 0:21
Command to Battalion 3, give me a status update back there, Battalion 3, section. Battalion 3, section of command, we got heavy fire in the roof area, throughout the whole building. Three lines in operation.

Firefighter advise all crews have exited the building and no firefighter have been injured in the incident.

Fireground 2 · 0:05
All 3rd alarm companies, bring your equipment to side 1 from command.
Fireground 2 · 0:28
Command Engine 9. Engine 9. What location and what's your status at this time? Burdett. Report to the side when I need you to get a line on this side 2 exposure. Received. Fire alarm to Engine. The 31 companies, come with your equipment to side 1, BB.
Fireground 2 · 0:07
Fire alarm to command. All companies have been accounted for. Roll call is now complete, 227.

Additional firefighting units are working on multiple sides of the supermarket to extinguish the fire.

Fire Dispatch · 0:08
Canteen 1, the fire alarm are on scene, Elmwood at Burnett. Elmwood and Burnett, 225.
Fireground 2 · 0:27
36 Battalion 5, side 1. Engine 3. Engine 3, fire, side 1. Ladder 6. Ladder 5, side 1. Engine 7. Engine 7, fire, side 3. Division 1. Division 1, fire. Rescue 4. Rescue 4, fire, side 1. Car 56.
Fireground 2 · 0:29
Car 56, fire. Engine 13. Engine 13, fire, side 1. Engine 14. Engine 14, fire, side 3. Ladder 1. Ladder 1, fire, side 1. Rescue 5. Rescue 5, fire, side 1. Battalion 2. Battalion 2, fire, side 3. Engine 9.

Firefighters are evacuating the building and working to extinguish the fire from outside due to increased fire risk.

Fireground 2 · 0:20
Received. All companies operating at 342 Elmwood Avenue, evacuate the building, using an exterior attack. That's all companies operating at 342 Elmwood Avenue, evacuate the building, exterior attack. 220. All companies on your air horns.

Firefighters report a ruptured gas line and visible fire venting from the building. A third alarm has been called requesting for additional units for assistance.

Fireground 2 · 0:12
Engine 7, that's a negative. From command, if you can go to the rear of the building of Psy 3 with a line. Engine 7, receive that message. Roger.
Fireground 2 · 0:47
Side 3, start to the command. Command, you guys, on the exterior of the building, looks like a gas line is ruptured also. Command to Side 3, repeat that message? Visible fire venting out of Side 3. Two lines in operation. We're going to get another line going. We've got a gas line ruptured. We're working on opening up some more doors, opening up this building more. Command received. Fire alarm, start me a third alarm as those companies stage on Elmwood Ave. Roger, third alarm staging on Elmwood, 216.

Firefighters advise they have searched the nightclub and report no one was found.

Fireground 2 · 0:17
Safety to command. Command, go ahead. From Special Hazards, the primary and exposure 2 of the nightclub is negative. Received, primary negative, exposure 2.

Firefighters advise EMS is transporting the man to a medical facility for treatment.

Fire Dispatch · 0:05
Rescue 1, transporting to Rhode Island. Transporting to Rhode Island at 212.

Firefighters are checking the attached nightclub for a possible person inside, as advised by a patient.

Fire Dispatch · 0:32
Rescue 1 to fire alarm on channel 1. Rescue 1. Can you notify the chief that our patient said to check the Maserati nightclub attached to the grocery for a person who may be inside? Rescue 1, can you go again with that message? Our patient says the owner of the Maserati nightclub, which is attached to the grocery, which is on a code red, may have a person inside. Maserati restaurant attached to the code red building, possible person inside. Received.

Firefighters have transmitted a second alarm for the supermarket fire, with additional units responding.

Fireground 2 · 0:07
Command to fire alarm, you can start me a second alarm. Roger, second alarm, 201.
Fire Dispatch · 0:10
Attention, Engine 13, Engine 14, Ladder 1, Rescue 5, and Battalion 2. Fill in on a second alarm of fire. 342 Elmwood Avenue.

Roads around the supermarket are being blocked off to assist firefighting efforts.

Police 1 - Dispatch · 0:14
22, I have the road blocked off from Greenridge at Elmwood. Someone can come from the Moore Street side and block the road. Received, officer responding to the Moore Street side of Elmwood, block the street.

A man inside the supermarket is being taken to the hospital by rescue personnel after he inhaled smoke.

Fireground 2 · 0:15
Rescue 1 to fire alarm. Rescue 1. We've got a male who's inside that building smoking a leash. We're going to be taking him to the hospital. Received, Rescue 1.

Firefighters are cutting through a locked roll-down gate to access the supermarket.

Fireground 2 · 0:18
Engine 10, I got a one-story, non-combustible, convenience store. It's locked up. We have no knocked-by keys. We have to cut through the roll-down gate. Received, Engine 10. Battalion 1, received? Battalion 1, received.

Firefighters confirm a fire at the supermarket that requires urgent attention.

Fireground 2 · 0:11
Engine 10 on scene, poor condition, code red. Received, code red 153.

Firefighters are responding to a 911 report of a fire at New Way Supermarket.

Fire Dispatch · 0:33
That's engines 10-8, less special hazards 1, less 5 in 2. Rescue 1, Battalion 1 in the safety, Battalion 1. 342 Elmwood Avenue, possibly the New Way supermarket, reported fire inside the store, cross streets of Mett and Mourney, 2. That's engines 10-8, 11, less hazards, less saving. Rescue 1, Battalion 1 in the safety, 342 Elmwood Avenue, reported fire inside the store, cross streets of Mett and Mourney, zombies are assigned Channel 2 at 1-5.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 342 Elmwood Ave.

The fire is now under control, but firefighters continued to address hot spots.

Fireground 2 · 0:09
Command received. You can put the fire under control. We're going to be here working on hot spots for a while. Received. Fire under control, 354.

Firefighters have ten hoses in operation and are making progress, but the situation remains uncertain.

Fireground 2 · 0:19
And fire alarm to command. Command. Company's operating for 50 minutes. Command received. At this time, we have 10-line stretch in operation. Ladder 2 is mass-extremely in operation. Companies are making progress. Still doubtful. Roger. 245.

Conditions are improving at the rear of the supermarket, according to firefighters on scene.

Fireground 2 · 0:09
Light 3 sector to command, conditions are improving in the in the rear of this building. Command received.

Firefighters are requesting a secure water supply as they are running low.

Fireground 2 · 0:05
Engine 11, I need a secure line of water. I'm running out of water.

A canteen has been set up nearby to support firefighters on scene.

Fireground 2 · 0:08
2 Command. Command, go ahead. Company's operating for minutes, and be advised the canteen will be at the corner of Elmwood and Burnett.

Firefighters report heavy fire in the roof area, with three hoses used to control the blaze.

Fireground 2 · 0:21
Command to Battalion 3, give me a status update back there, Battalion 3, section. Battalion 3, section of command, we got heavy fire in the roof area, throughout the whole building. Three lines in operation.

Firefighter advise all crews have exited the building and no firefighter have been injured in the incident.

Fireground 2 · 0:05
All 3rd alarm companies, bring your equipment to side 1 from command.
Fireground 2 · 0:28
Command Engine 9. Engine 9. What location and what's your status at this time? Burdett. Report to the side when I need you to get a line on this side 2 exposure. Received. Fire alarm to Engine. The 31 companies, come with your equipment to side 1, BB.
Fireground 2 · 0:07
Fire alarm to command. All companies have been accounted for. Roll call is now complete, 227.

Additional firefighting units are working on multiple sides of the supermarket to extinguish the fire.

Fire Dispatch · 0:08
Canteen 1, the fire alarm are on scene, Elmwood at Burnett. Elmwood and Burnett, 225.
Fireground 2 · 0:27
36 Battalion 5, side 1. Engine 3. Engine 3, fire, side 1. Ladder 6. Ladder 5, side 1. Engine 7. Engine 7, fire, side 3. Division 1. Division 1, fire. Rescue 4. Rescue 4, fire, side 1. Car 56.
Fireground 2 · 0:29
Car 56, fire. Engine 13. Engine 13, fire, side 1. Engine 14. Engine 14, fire, side 3. Ladder 1. Ladder 1, fire, side 1. Rescue 5. Rescue 5, fire, side 1. Battalion 2. Battalion 2, fire, side 3. Engine 9.

Firefighters are evacuating the building and working to extinguish the fire from outside due to increased fire risk.

Fireground 2 · 0:20
Received. All companies operating at 342 Elmwood Avenue, evacuate the building, using an exterior attack. That's all companies operating at 342 Elmwood Avenue, evacuate the building, exterior attack. 220. All companies on your air horns.

Firefighters report a ruptured gas line and visible fire venting from the building. A third alarm has been called requesting for additional units for assistance.

Fireground 2 · 0:12
Engine 7, that's a negative. From command, if you can go to the rear of the building of Psy 3 with a line. Engine 7, receive that message. Roger.
Fireground 2 · 0:47
Side 3, start to the command. Command, you guys, on the exterior of the building, looks like a gas line is ruptured also. Command to Side 3, repeat that message? Visible fire venting out of Side 3. Two lines in operation. We're going to get another line going. We've got a gas line ruptured. We're working on opening up some more doors, opening up this building more. Command received. Fire alarm, start me a third alarm as those companies stage on Elmwood Ave. Roger, third alarm staging on Elmwood, 216.

Firefighters advise they have searched the nightclub and report no one was found.

Fireground 2 · 0:17
Safety to command. Command, go ahead. From Special Hazards, the primary and exposure 2 of the nightclub is negative. Received, primary negative, exposure 2.

Firefighters advise EMS is transporting the man to a medical facility for treatment.

Fire Dispatch · 0:05
Rescue 1, transporting to Rhode Island. Transporting to Rhode Island at 212.

Firefighters are checking the attached nightclub for a possible person inside, as advised by a patient.

Fire Dispatch · 0:32
Rescue 1 to fire alarm on channel 1. Rescue 1. Can you notify the chief that our patient said to check the Maserati nightclub attached to the grocery for a person who may be inside? Rescue 1, can you go again with that message? Our patient says the owner of the Maserati nightclub, which is attached to the grocery, which is on a code red, may have a person inside. Maserati restaurant attached to the code red building, possible person inside. Received.

Firefighters have transmitted a second alarm for the supermarket fire, with additional units responding.

Fireground 2 · 0:07
Command to fire alarm, you can start me a second alarm. Roger, second alarm, 201.
Fire Dispatch · 0:10
Attention, Engine 13, Engine 14, Ladder 1, Rescue 5, and Battalion 2. Fill in on a second alarm of fire. 342 Elmwood Avenue.

Roads around the supermarket are being blocked off to assist firefighting efforts.

Police 1 - Dispatch · 0:14
22, I have the road blocked off from Greenridge at Elmwood. Someone can come from the Moore Street side and block the road. Received, officer responding to the Moore Street side of Elmwood, block the street.

A man inside the supermarket is being taken to the hospital by rescue personnel after he inhaled smoke.

Fireground 2 · 0:15
Rescue 1 to fire alarm. Rescue 1. We've got a male who's inside that building smoking a leash. We're going to be taking him to the hospital. Received, Rescue 1.

Firefighters are cutting through a locked roll-down gate to access the supermarket.

Fireground 2 · 0:18
Engine 10, I got a one-story, non-combustible, convenience store. It's locked up. We have no knocked-by keys. We have to cut through the roll-down gate. Received, Engine 10. Battalion 1, received? Battalion 1, received.

Firefighters confirm a fire at the supermarket that requires urgent attention.

Fireground 2 · 0:11
Engine 10 on scene, poor condition, code red. Received, code red 153.

Firefighters are responding to a 911 report of a fire at New Way Supermarket.

Fire Dispatch · 0:33
That's engines 10-8, less special hazards 1, less 5 in 2. Rescue 1, Battalion 1 in the safety, Battalion 1. 342 Elmwood Avenue, possibly the New Way supermarket, reported fire inside the store, cross streets of Mett and Mourney, 2. That's engines 10-8, 11, less hazards, less saving. Rescue 1, Battalion 1 in the safety, 342 Elmwood Avenue, reported fire inside the store, cross streets of Mett and Mourney, zombies are assigned Channel 2 at 1-5.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 342 Elmwood Ave.

The fire is now under control, but firefighters continued to address hot spots.

Fireground 2 · 0:09
Command received. You can put the fire under control. We're going to be here working on hot spots for a while. Received. Fire under control, 354.

Firefighters have ten hoses in operation and are making progress, but the situation remains uncertain.

Fireground 2 · 0:19
And fire alarm to command. Command. Company's operating for 50 minutes. Command received. At this time, we have 10-line stretch in operation. Ladder 2 is mass-extremely in operation. Companies are making progress. Still doubtful. Roger. 245.

Conditions are improving at the rear of the supermarket, according to firefighters on scene.

Fireground 2 · 0:09
Light 3 sector to command, conditions are improving in the in the rear of this building. Command received.

Firefighters are requesting a secure water supply as they are running low.

Fireground 2 · 0:05
Engine 11, I need a secure line of water. I'm running out of water.

A canteen has been set up nearby to support firefighters on scene.

Fireground 2 · 0:08
2 Command. Command, go ahead. Company's operating for minutes, and be advised the canteen will be at the corner of Elmwood and Burnett.

Firefighters report heavy fire in the roof area, with three hoses used to control the blaze.

Fireground 2 · 0:21
Command to Battalion 3, give me a status update back there, Battalion 3, section. Battalion 3, section of command, we got heavy fire in the roof area, throughout the whole building. Three lines in operation.

Firefighter advise all crews have exited the building and no firefighter have been injured in the incident.

Fireground 2 · 0:05
All 3rd alarm companies, bring your equipment to side 1 from command.
Fireground 2 · 0:28
Command Engine 9. Engine 9. What location and what's your status at this time? Burdett. Report to the side when I need you to get a line on this side 2 exposure. Received. Fire alarm to Engine. The 31 companies, come with your equipment to side 1, BB.
Fireground 2 · 0:07
Fire alarm to command. All companies have been accounted for. Roll call is now complete, 227.

Additional firefighting units are working on multiple sides of the supermarket to extinguish the fire.

Fire Dispatch · 0:08
Canteen 1, the fire alarm are on scene, Elmwood at Burnett. Elmwood and Burnett, 225.
Fireground 2 · 0:27
36 Battalion 5, side 1. Engine 3. Engine 3, fire, side 1. Ladder 6. Ladder 5, side 1. Engine 7. Engine 7, fire, side 3. Division 1. Division 1, fire. Rescue 4. Rescue 4, fire, side 1. Car 56.
Fireground 2 · 0:29
Car 56, fire. Engine 13. Engine 13, fire, side 1. Engine 14. Engine 14, fire, side 3. Ladder 1. Ladder 1, fire, side 1. Rescue 5. Rescue 5, fire, side 1. Battalion 2. Battalion 2, fire, side 3. Engine 9.

Firefighters are evacuating the building and working to extinguish the fire from outside due to increased fire risk.

Fireground 2 · 0:20
Received. All companies operating at 342 Elmwood Avenue, evacuate the building, using an exterior attack. That's all companies operating at 342 Elmwood Avenue, evacuate the building, exterior attack. 220. All companies on your air horns.

Firefighters report a ruptured gas line and visible fire venting from the building. A third alarm has been called requesting for additional units for assistance.

Fireground 2 · 0:12
Engine 7, that's a negative. From command, if you can go to the rear of the building of Psy 3 with a line. Engine 7, receive that message. Roger.
Fireground 2 · 0:47
Side 3, start to the command. Command, you guys, on the exterior of the building, looks like a gas line is ruptured also. Command to Side 3, repeat that message? Visible fire venting out of Side 3. Two lines in operation. We're going to get another line going. We've got a gas line ruptured. We're working on opening up some more doors, opening up this building more. Command received. Fire alarm, start me a third alarm as those companies stage on Elmwood Ave. Roger, third alarm staging on Elmwood, 216.

Firefighters advise they have searched the nightclub and report no one was found.

Fireground 2 · 0:17
Safety to command. Command, go ahead. From Special Hazards, the primary and exposure 2 of the nightclub is negative. Received, primary negative, exposure 2.

Firefighters advise EMS is transporting the man to a medical facility for treatment.

Fire Dispatch · 0:05
Rescue 1, transporting to Rhode Island. Transporting to Rhode Island at 212.

Firefighters are checking the attached nightclub for a possible person inside, as advised by a patient.

Fire Dispatch · 0:32
Rescue 1 to fire alarm on channel 1. Rescue 1. Can you notify the chief that our patient said to check the Maserati nightclub attached to the grocery for a person who may be inside? Rescue 1, can you go again with that message? Our patient says the owner of the Maserati nightclub, which is attached to the grocery, which is on a code red, may have a person inside. Maserati restaurant attached to the code red building, possible person inside. Received.

Firefighters have transmitted a second alarm for the supermarket fire, with additional units responding.

Fireground 2 · 0:07
Command to fire alarm, you can start me a second alarm. Roger, second alarm, 201.
Fire Dispatch · 0:10
Attention, Engine 13, Engine 14, Ladder 1, Rescue 5, and Battalion 2. Fill in on a second alarm of fire. 342 Elmwood Avenue.

Roads around the supermarket are being blocked off to assist firefighting efforts.

Police 1 - Dispatch · 0:14
22, I have the road blocked off from Greenridge at Elmwood. Someone can come from the Moore Street side and block the road. Received, officer responding to the Moore Street side of Elmwood, block the street.

A man inside the supermarket is being taken to the hospital by rescue personnel after he inhaled smoke.

Fireground 2 · 0:15
Rescue 1 to fire alarm. Rescue 1. We've got a male who's inside that building smoking a leash. We're going to be taking him to the hospital. Received, Rescue 1.

Firefighters are cutting through a locked roll-down gate to access the supermarket.

Fireground 2 · 0:18
Engine 10, I got a one-story, non-combustible, convenience store. It's locked up. We have no knocked-by keys. We have to cut through the roll-down gate. Received, Engine 10. Battalion 1, received? Battalion 1, received.

Firefighters confirm a fire at the supermarket that requires urgent attention.

Fireground 2 · 0:11
Engine 10 on scene, poor condition, code red. Received, code red 153.

Firefighters are responding to a 911 report of a fire at New Way Supermarket.

Fire Dispatch · 0:33
That's engines 10-8, less special hazards 1, less 5 in 2. Rescue 1, Battalion 1 in the safety, Battalion 1. 342 Elmwood Avenue, possibly the New Way supermarket, reported fire inside the store, cross streets of Mett and Mourney, 2. That's engines 10-8, 11, less hazards, less saving. Rescue 1, Battalion 1 in the safety, 342 Elmwood Avenue, reported fire inside the store, cross streets of Mett and Mourney, zombies are assigned Channel 2 at 1-5.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 342 Elmwood Ave.

The fire is now under control, but firefighters continued to address hot spots.

Fireground 2 · 0:09
Command received. You can put the fire under control. We're going to be here working on hot spots for a while. Received. Fire under control, 354.

Firefighters have ten hoses in operation and are making progress, but the situation remains uncertain.

Fireground 2 · 0:19
And fire alarm to command. Command. Company's operating for 50 minutes. Command received. At this time, we have 10-line stretch in operation. Ladder 2 is mass-extremely in operation. Companies are making progress. Still doubtful. Roger. 245.

Conditions are improving at the rear of the supermarket, according to firefighters on scene.

Fireground 2 · 0:09
Light 3 sector to command, conditions are improving in the in the rear of this building. Command received.

Firefighters are requesting a secure water supply as they are running low.

Fireground 2 · 0:05
Engine 11, I need a secure line of water. I'm running out of water.

A canteen has been set up nearby to support firefighters on scene.

Fireground 2 · 0:08
2 Command. Command, go ahead. Company's operating for minutes, and be advised the canteen will be at the corner of Elmwood and Burnett.

Firefighters report heavy fire in the roof area, with three hoses used to control the blaze.

Fireground 2 · 0:21
Command to Battalion 3, give me a status update back there, Battalion 3, section. Battalion 3, section of command, we got heavy fire in the roof area, throughout the whole building. Three lines in operation.

Firefighter advise all crews have exited the building and no firefighter have been injured in the incident.

Fireground 2 · 0:05
All 3rd alarm companies, bring your equipment to side 1 from command.
Fireground 2 · 0:28
Command Engine 9. Engine 9. What location and what's your status at this time? Burdett. Report to the side when I need you to get a line on this side 2 exposure. Received. Fire alarm to Engine. The 31 companies, come with your equipment to side 1, BB.
Fireground 2 · 0:07
Fire alarm to command. All companies have been accounted for. Roll call is now complete, 227.

Additional firefighting units are working on multiple sides of the supermarket to extinguish the fire.

Fire Dispatch · 0:08
Canteen 1, the fire alarm are on scene, Elmwood at Burnett. Elmwood and Burnett, 225.
Fireground 2 · 0:27
36 Battalion 5, side 1. Engine 3. Engine 3, fire, side 1. Ladder 6. Ladder 5, side 1. Engine 7. Engine 7, fire, side 3. Division 1. Division 1, fire. Rescue 4. Rescue 4, fire, side 1. Car 56.
Fireground 2 · 0:29
Car 56, fire. Engine 13. Engine 13, fire, side 1. Engine 14. Engine 14, fire, side 3. Ladder 1. Ladder 1, fire, side 1. Rescue 5. Rescue 5, fire, side 1. Battalion 2. Battalion 2, fire, side 3. Engine 9.

Firefighters are evacuating the building and working to extinguish the fire from outside due to increased fire risk.

Fireground 2 · 0:20
Received. All companies operating at 342 Elmwood Avenue, evacuate the building, using an exterior attack. That's all companies operating at 342 Elmwood Avenue, evacuate the building, exterior attack. 220. All companies on your air horns.

Firefighters report a ruptured gas line and visible fire venting from the building. A third alarm has been called requesting for additional units for assistance.

Fireground 2 · 0:12
Engine 7, that's a negative. From command, if you can go to the rear of the building of Psy 3 with a line. Engine 7, receive that message. Roger.
Fireground 2 · 0:47
Side 3, start to the command. Command, you guys, on the exterior of the building, looks like a gas line is ruptured also. Command to Side 3, repeat that message? Visible fire venting out of Side 3. Two lines in operation. We're going to get another line going. We've got a gas line ruptured. We're working on opening up some more doors, opening up this building more. Command received. Fire alarm, start me a third alarm as those companies stage on Elmwood Ave. Roger, third alarm staging on Elmwood, 216.

Firefighters advise they have searched the nightclub and report no one was found.

Fireground 2 · 0:17
Safety to command. Command, go ahead. From Special Hazards, the primary and exposure 2 of the nightclub is negative. Received, primary negative, exposure 2.

Firefighters advise EMS is transporting the man to a medical facility for treatment.

Fire Dispatch · 0:05
Rescue 1, transporting to Rhode Island. Transporting to Rhode Island at 212.

Firefighters are checking the attached nightclub for a possible person inside, as advised by a patient.

Fire Dispatch · 0:32
Rescue 1 to fire alarm on channel 1. Rescue 1. Can you notify the chief that our patient said to check the Maserati nightclub attached to the grocery for a person who may be inside? Rescue 1, can you go again with that message? Our patient says the owner of the Maserati nightclub, which is attached to the grocery, which is on a code red, may have a person inside. Maserati restaurant attached to the code red building, possible person inside. Received.

Firefighters have transmitted a second alarm for the supermarket fire, with additional units responding.

Fireground 2 · 0:07
Command to fire alarm, you can start me a second alarm. Roger, second alarm, 201.
Fire Dispatch · 0:10
Attention, Engine 13, Engine 14, Ladder 1, Rescue 5, and Battalion 2. Fill in on a second alarm of fire. 342 Elmwood Avenue.

Roads around the supermarket are being blocked off to assist firefighting efforts.

Police 1 - Dispatch · 0:14
22, I have the road blocked off from Greenridge at Elmwood. Someone can come from the Moore Street side and block the road. Received, officer responding to the Moore Street side of Elmwood, block the street.

A man inside the supermarket is being taken to the hospital by rescue personnel after he inhaled smoke.

Fireground 2 · 0:15
Rescue 1 to fire alarm. Rescue 1. We've got a male who's inside that building smoking a leash. We're going to be taking him to the hospital. Received, Rescue 1.

Firefighters are cutting through a locked roll-down gate to access the supermarket.

Fireground 2 · 0:18
Engine 10, I got a one-story, non-combustible, convenience store. It's locked up. We have no knocked-by keys. We have to cut through the roll-down gate. Received, Engine 10. Battalion 1, received? Battalion 1, received.

Firefighters confirm a fire at the supermarket that requires urgent attention.

Fireground 2 · 0:11
Engine 10 on scene, poor condition, code red. Received, code red 153.

Firefighters are responding to a 911 report of a fire at New Way Supermarket.

Fire Dispatch · 0:33
That's engines 10-8, less special hazards 1, less 5 in 2. Rescue 1, Battalion 1 in the safety, Battalion 1. 342 Elmwood Avenue, possibly the New Way supermarket, reported fire inside the store, cross streets of Mett and Mourney, 2. That's engines 10-8, 11, less hazards, less saving. Rescue 1, Battalion 1 in the safety, 342 Elmwood Avenue, reported fire inside the store, cross streets of Mett and Mourney, zombies are assigned Channel 2 at 1-5.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 342 Elmwood Ave.

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Comments6

mfoxheating13h ago

Where is this?

marlboroughUser208033300718h ago

Also live in Elmwood and only looked on Citizens app after we smelled a weird burning smell coming from outside our house

hadleyUser116201702418h ago

I live down elmwood a bit and was wondering what was happening with all the sirens. This is so sad

julioberroa18h ago

yes probably

mfoxheating13h ago

Where is this?

marlboroughUser208033300718h ago

Also live in Elmwood and only looked on Citizens app after we smelled a weird burning smell coming from outside our house

hadleyUser116201702418h ago

I live down elmwood a bit and was wondering what was happening with all the sirens. This is so sad

julioberroa18h ago

yes probably

mfoxheating13h ago

Where is this?

marlboroughUser208033300718h ago

Also live in Elmwood and only looked on Citizens app after we smelled a weird burning smell coming from outside our house

hadleyUser116201702418h ago

I live down elmwood a bit and was wondering what was happening with all the sirens. This is so sad

julioberroa18h ago

yes probably

mfoxheating13h ago

Where is this?

marlboroughUser208033300718h ago

Also live in Elmwood and only looked on Citizens app after we smelled a weird burning smell coming from outside our house

hadleyUser116201702418h ago

I live down elmwood a bit and was wondering what was happening with all the sirens. This is so sad

julioberroa18h ago

yes probably

mfoxheating13h ago

Where is this?

marlboroughUser208033300718h ago

Also live in Elmwood and only looked on Citizens app after we smelled a weird burning smell coming from outside our house

hadleyUser116201702418h ago

I live down elmwood a bit and was wondering what was happening with all the sirens. This is so sad

julioberroa18h ago

yes probably

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