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26:22 Seven burners deployed, and we have a fire.

27:05 Guys, be ready on the #4 side. We have fire in the front and he might come out the back.

27:12 Ready.

27:20 On the four side, remember your backdrops.

28:30 The one side's fully engulfed; fire on the four.

28:16 10-4, engulfed

29:33 Contact fire to staging, have them bring an engine down here.

30:44 14, 10-5-0

30:56 Control, 61 Lincoln, sounds like one shot fired from inside the residence.

31:00 Copy: One shot fired from inside the residence. Confirm you still want fire to roll in?

31:04 Roll in at stage.

31:17 Copy. They're staged at [inaudible] and 38.

31:14 Fire will be staged at the first contact with the first armored unit down there.

31:26 61 Lincoln to all perimeter units: Stand by, maintain your discipline

31:51 12-61 Lincoln, 1-2 corner fully engulfed

31:55 Copy, 1-2 corner fully engulfed.

32:46 61 Lincoln, we have ammo exploding inside

32:52 Copy, ammo exploding inside.

36:09 [inaudible] Status check?

36:14 I'm code four. I'm on the four side. Over.

36:18 Copy. Do we have, uh, do we have fire back there yet?

36:24 [inaudible] I'm on the number four side, fully engulfed

36:34 [inaudible] Two and four side fully engulfed. Fire moving to three now.

36:37 Copy, number two and four fully engulfed.

38:36 [inaudible] Is there any propane cylinders or anything back there we need to be aware of?

38:47 No, not that I can see from my position

38:52 Copy. Thanks. Break. Guys on the #3 side: Any propane tanks visible?

39:02 [inaudible] We [inaudible] propane tanks on the backside

39:33 62-10-1 to control, confirming that fire's been notified to come down this way?

39:39 Fire was staging just a [inaudible]

39:57 Do you need them closer?

40:16 61-Lincoln, 61-Charlie.

40:20 Go ahead, [inaudible].

40:21 Do we want to have, uh, fire start putting water on it once the roof starts to settle down a bit, and, uh, like it's starting to collapse?

40:29 Affirm, uh, gimme me some time, here. We're not quite there. We still have the, uh, 2-3 corner, there, that's still vulnerable.

40:37 10-4, We're just bringing fire in about 200 yards out. Your call.

40:40 Copy.

40:46 [inaudible]

40:47 Go, Tim.

41:04 [inaudible] Is there still a lot of room on the 3-4 corner that's not engulfed yet?

41:11 Copy, thanks Tim. 3-4 corner, there's a lot of room left. I copy.

42:45 Control 61-Lincoln. We still have ammo going off in the fire.

42:49 61-Lincoln: copy.

46:10 [inaudible]

46:12 George-2.

46:22 [inaudible] Get everybody over here.

46:37 61-George-2

46:47 [inaudible] your status?

46:53 61-Lincoln [inaudible]

46:57 We just had open mike, it sounded like some time of commotion. Just checking your status.

47:04 [inaudible]

47:09 Okay.

47:33 [inaudible] Monroe

47:39 John, uh, how's that fire doing on the back west side?

47:43 It's taking its dear sweet time to get there. This thing's well-constructed. Uh, we don't even have any roof uh [inaudible] not ready for those reasons and I still have ammo popping here.

47:58 Fire

48:00 Monroe

48:02 Break. 61-Lincoln, 61-Charlie. You ready for fire?

48:08 61-Lincoln, 61-Charlie: That's negative. I still don't have adequate penetration on the 2-3 or the 3-4, and I still live ammo popping.

48:29 Lights off, please.

49:07 [inaudible] no way

49:09 Open mike.

49:27 61-Charlie, 61-Lincoln: [inaudible] from your vantage point, you can see how it's, uh, containing itself quite well. Can you see that I don't have adequate penetration on the 2-3 yet?

49:39 Yeah, I don't see that, uh, corner yet. I'm leaving it to your call, John.

49:42 Copy that.

50:14 [inaudible] Monroe

50:20 Go ahead, Jeff.

50:25 We got the, uh, Dodge truck [inaudible] slide down the hill. Did you want that cleared?

50:35 Let's, uh, hold until we start mop-up with fire.

50:42 I want to hold the permiter until, uh, 61-Lincoln makes the call.

50:50 Copy.

51:32 10-13

51:42 [inaudible] relay there's [inaudible] fire [inaudible] 3-4 corner

51:48 Fire on the 3-4 corner?

51:54 Yeah, that's [inaudible]

51:58 61-Lincoln, the fire is [inaudible] I'm still not ready for fire, um. Fire is moving [inaudible]... but we still have a lot of smoldering. So just stand by.

52:11 Copy.

53:05 [inaudible] How we doing back there?

53:13 Uh, [inaudible] the, uh, 1-4 corner.

53:22 [inaudible] down to the 3-4?

53:32 I can drive around that way if you want me to.

53:41 [inaudible]

52:49 Last traffic was unreadable at [inaudible]

53:56 Copy [inaudible]

53:58 Fully engulfed.

54:01 [inaudible] copy. 3-4 is fully-engulfed.

54:10 [inaudible] Luke?

54:14 More ammo going off.

54:16 Copy, more ammo going off.

54:23 Luke?

54:24 Go.

54:25 Hey, John, if these, uh, cabins have [inaudible] areas? Something to consider.

54:33 Affirmative, I'm told that there's basement in the cabin. So as a precaution, since the fire's self-containing itself I'm going to let that heat burn through that basement.

54:43 [inaudible] good call.

55:22 Lincoln [inaudible]

55:32 Battalion 1-31

55:50 Battalion 1-31, if you didn't copy, we're not ready for you yet. We've got live ammo going off.

56:00 Yeah, I did copy that. I just wanted to give some information, that, uh. [inaudible] I have a fire seargent that was raised in that building and uh he's familiar with [inaudible] suspect [inaudible]

56:21 61-Lincoln, did you copy that?

56:22 Negative [inaudible]

56:23 Batallion chief is advising there was a firefighter raised in that residence and he's advising the basement is 12 by 15.

56:33 The ceiling of the basement or the floor is wood or concrete?

56:48 10-5 Is the basement floor or ceiling wood or concrete?

56:57 Batallion chief, can you advise? If the basement floor or ceiling is wood or concrete?

57:29 Control 61-Lincoln. Did they advise?

57:30 They're advising on another channel, and that's affirmed, the ceiling of the basement is wood.

57:43 Control 61-Charlie. Which end of the house is the basement at? North, south, east, west?

57:53 North.

59:01 61-Lincoln, were you able to ascertain which end of the house that basement is in?

59:06 One of our deputies is checking with him now. I'm just waiting for the answer.

59:16 61-Lincoln, they're advising the west side.

59:21 That's the side that's not, uh, been penetrated by fire yet. Thank you.

59:28 10-4

00:41 61-Charlie, 61-Lincoln. The fire is doing quite well. [inaudible] penetrated the 2-3 or 3-4, where that basement is supposedly located.

00:54 [inaudible]

01:03 John, standing by for your, uh, request for Fire, whenever you're ready.

01:07 Okay, thank you.

01:18 [inaudible]

01:33 [inaudible]

01:36 [inaudible] go for dinner

01:45 [inaudible] basement on the 3-4 corner. Still smoke coming out of that window.

01:51 You guys with eyes on the back: If you, uh, see something that's catching fire that's not supposed to be, then let me know. But otherwise, let it go.

02:05 Control, 61-Charlie

02:06 61-Charlie

02:09 Whoever's talking to that firefighter who's familiar with this house: Can you also ask him if there'd be any, uh, reason for ammunition to have been in the cabin other than from the suspect?

02:23 That's affirm. Will check.

02:42 [inaudible]

02:50 61-Lincoln, we have, uh, green smoke or gas that just blew out of the burning structure deployed.

03:03 Copy. More smoke, gas, uh, deployed by suspect?

03:09 Uh, either it blew out of front or it was thrown out.

03:12 Copy.

03:26 61-Charlie That firefighter RP hasn't been in the residence in years, and he doesn't know.

03:33 10-4, thank you.

04:33 61-Lincoln, We've got, uh, good penetration with the fire at 2-3 corner. It's still doing quite well, self-containing itself. I'm gonna let it go.

04:48 The fire is self-contained, good penetration 2-3 corner.

05:35 61-Lincoln.

05:38 Go ahead.

05:39 We're getting information on 60 police band that there is a propane tank at the rear of the residence near the garage.

05:50 Copy. That's gonna be quite a ways from the fire. Should be code four.

05:57 Thanks.

05:58 Go, Tim.

06:01 [inaudible]

06:03 You're 10-1. Try again.

06:05 [inaudible] propane tank [inaudible]

06:10 Copy that.

06:44 61-Lincoln. Just info, we're gonna get on 21 with that batallion chief.

06:50 Just know the, uh, floor on the number 1-2 corner, which is the east side has collapsed. I don't know if that's where the basement is at, or [inaudible]

07:54 61-Lincoln, 61-Sam wants to know how many feet the fire is away from the propane tank.

08:00 [inaudible] can you answer that?

08:07 10-9?

08:12 Nickel. Enter. Can you answer that question?

08:14 [inaudible]

08:19 Confirming: 70 yard?

08:20 [inaudible]

08:23 Control, 61-Lincoln, Do you copy 70 yards?

08:28 That's affirm, 70 yards. Thank you.

09:05 [inaudible] our people are [inaudible] and

09:06 Open mike.

09:07 That one kid died.

09:09 Open mike!

09:11 How quick they get that crap out. It was quick. They were getting the news before we were getting it, so we--

09:21 Open mike!

09:28 mike

09:29 Open mike at the press conference.