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Crews continuing to battle large, 6-alarm fire at Camp Washington warehouse
CINCINNATI — Hearth crews are persevering with to work to place out a big construction hearth in Camp Washington.
Cincinnati Hearth Chief Michael A. Washington stated round 9 a.m. crews responded to the fireplace at a big vacant warehouse on the nook of Colerain Avenue and Arlington Road.
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The fireplace is positioned close to the previous Crosley constructing on Arlington Road, however Washington stated the flames by no means affected the constructing. Regardless of that, the big hearth did unfold to a different unknown constructing close by.
The fireplace can also be comparatively near the American Signal Museum on Monmouth Avenue, however the signal museum stated it has been unaffected. The signal museum tweeted that it will be closed Saturday because of the hearth.
As a result of a neighborhood emergency and for the security of each our guests and public servants, the Museum shall be closed in the present day, Saturday, March 4th. The Museum is unaffected and can resume regular hours of operation tomorrow, Sunday, March fifth from 12-4pm.
— American Signal Museum (@SignMuseum) March 4, 2023
Smoke plumes from the fireplace might be seen from miles away so far as Buttermilk Pike in Northern Kentucky.
Round 11:45 a.m., Washington stated that crews had knocked out the primary physique of the fireplace, however they have been working to extinguish flames that had unfold all through the construction.
“We’ve got a management on it proper now,” Washington stated. “We’re simply making an attempt to ensure that it doesn’t enter some other constructions.”
He additionally stated they’re defensively and cautiously preventing the fireplace as a consequence of structural collapse within the constructing. Washington stated nobody has been injured within the hearth.
“As a hearth chief, these are essentially the most harmful fires, totally different than structural, residential fires,” Washington stated. “This can be a state of affairs of the unknown.”
Crews are conducting aerial recon to get a greater have a look at the fireplace’s development in addition to any hazards. Washington stated right now they’re uncertain what prompted the structural hearth.
“We’ll proceed to struggle for awhile extra in the present day, and ultimately they will in all probability usher in some heavy gear to start out tearing the constructing aside,” Washington stated. “We’ll have a presence right here for fairly awhile.”
Washington stated he shortly superior the fireplace all the way in which to a 6-alarm hearth as soon as on scene, which entails dozens of crews responding to the incident. Based on the Cincinnati Hearth Division, every alarm entails two engines and a truck to reply in addition to mutual support from surrounding hearth departments.
He stated there are 120 CFD firefighters and 25 hearth firms attending to the fireplace in addition to support from Hamilton County, Norwood, Inexperienced Township and Colerain Township hearth departments.
The final 6-alarm hearth Washington may bear in mind was the Queen Metropolis Barrel hearth in Decrease Value Hill, which occurred in 2004. That fireside prompted $5 million in harm to a 400,000-square-foot container-recycling facility.
