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Incident number: 9206240 Date: Sept. 2, 2009 Time of call: 12:26 p.m.
Type of call: House Fire
Correct address: 1230 Comstock Drive (Washington Avenue/Martin L. King Boulevard) CLV Ward: 5
Name: Bonanza Village
Zip: 89106 District/Phantom: 2324-33 Number of alarms: Three
Building type: Single Family Residential Number of stories: One (2485 sq ft)
Construction type: Wood Frame Smoke alarms: Unknown Sprinklers: No
Number of occupants: Adults: One Teens (18-13): None Children: None
Any injuries: No How many : None Type:
Damage estimate: $200,000 Description of damage: House destroyed
Cause of incident: Arson – Fire started in a bedroom
American Red Cross: No Pets: three cats alive Status of pets: Animal Control
General information about the incident: Fire dispatchers received calls that a house was on fire on Comstock Drive. Engine 3 was first on scene with Engine 203 close behind. As Engine 3 pulled up in front of the house, flames and smoke was showing. As the captain radioed in his report, shots were fired at the fire engines, with one shot breaking out the right rear cab window where two firefighters sit. The captain ordered the engine out of the area. At the same time Engine 203 pulled up and was also shot at. The engine was hit just under the captain’s door window and in a window on the right rear where the two firefighters sit. Windows in both cabs were shot out. The two engines left the scene and no one was injured. Metro Police and other law enforcement agencies arrived at the scene and after police deemed it was safe fire crews were escorted in to fight the fire at 12:51 p.m. Firefighters did a quick search to see if anyone needed to be rescued, they could not find anyone and quickly evacuated the building. Because of the progress of the fire, the fire was attacked in a defensive mode for the remainder of the incident. Neighbors told fire investigators that a woman lives in the house alone, she was at work and saw the fire on the television and came to scene later. There were no injuries of Fire & Rescue personnel during the incident.
E3,203,1,201,T3, R3, HR44, EMS1, AR1, B1,5, PIO1, 6I4, 6I3, 6I8
E50,10,6,9,4 T1, R301,10, B10,2, 108,104,103, 116
E2,44,47,45,T6,7, R5,43,1, B4, 101,115,6I12,619
Several other units from Support for supplies.
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