Chesterton Incident

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A residential structure fire started sometime around 8 pm on Thursday, November 14th in the 2200 block of Chesterton Street in Simi Valley. The fire was reported by at least two neighbors, one of whom was informed of the fire by the three children who live at the residence. When fire fighters arrived on scene the children were already out of the house, the parents were away for the evening. Fire fighters worked quickly to knock down the fire, keeping it contained to a second floor bedroom, where it's suspected to have started, and the attic. Even though the fire was quickly extinguished there was substantial damage to the home. The American Red Cross was called in to assist the family with comfort and shelter. Fire fighters also rescued several puppies, a cat and a bird from the inferno. Click the speaker to listen to the events as they played out over the fire radios (2,138 KB). Links of interest: Recorded audio of fire communications during this incident Fire department radio frequencies Ventura County Star news article on the incident Ventura County Fire Department American Red Cross

"Engine 41 on scene" "Ventura, Engine 41 on scene. We have a two story single family dwelling, comp roof, heavy smoke showing .. working fire"	"Looks like it's getting into the attic at this time." "We have an attic fire going. We need to make an aggressive attack to try and control that attic."
"Upgrade to 2nd Alarm"	"Primary search complete at 20:09"
Making good progress "It appears we're making good progress in the fire room itself. Priority right now is to open the ceiling and the entire second story to check for extentions."	"Support, Fire Tac. Go ahead and open a hole in the back." "Support copys, open a second hole."
"Knock down in the fire room at 20:17"	"Secondary search complete." "Checking for extentions in the attic."
Fire knocked down Several puppies and cat and a bird were rescued from the flames.	Batallion 4
	Paramedic Squad 4
Chesterton Incident Command Center The incident commander along with fire investigators and a couple of Simi Valley Police Officers.	Light and Air Light and Air vehicles have bright lights that are used to turn night into day. They also refill oxygen bottles.