Two alarms were struck on English Oaks Drive on Tuesday night, March 11, 2025. Dispatched ~10:40 p.m. for 6560 English Oaks Drive. Four-unit, two-story townhouse building with 5,600-ish square-feet. Built 1984, from tax records.
First alarm with E4 E16 E15 E18 L4 L16 B5 B4 R16 ISO14. Address corrected to 6535 by dispatch. Upgraded to working fire while units were en route, due to multiple callers, which added DC1 A28 B3 INV1.
Engine 4 first-arriving with two buildings involved, also brought their own supply line. Second alarm immediately requested by company officer. Heavy fire in the front of one unit, also heavy fire in the attic. Plus fire on a second building, on the left side (bravo) exposure.
Second alarm added E17 E19 E23 L23 L6 Rehab12. Staging for incoming units on Bent Creek Road.
Interior operations, with some transitional work. Ladder 4 also raised and readied, though no aerial stream was used. In the attic, one crew breached a fire wall between two units to attack the fire.
Command held one engine and one ladder from the second alarm companies and released the others, about 20 minutes into the incident.
Controlled at 11:05 p.m. Fire building was 6533 with extension to 6529 and 6535. One firefighter with minor injury, to hand, transported for treatment.
Crews were on scene from several hours. Incident closed per PulsePoint at 5:12 a.m.
Run Card
First alarm: E4 E16 E15 E18 L4 L16 B5 B4 R16 ISO14
Working fire: DC1 A28 B3 INV1
Second alarm: E17 E19 E23 L23 L6
Added Rehab12, plus E28 for fire watch. Plus assistant chief on call (training)
Medical: M41 M43 M48 M60 EMS84 D3 D6. (Truck 1 was also dispatched, but cancelled.)
