Chilling 911 audio has offered fresh insight into the catastrophic barn fire that claimed the life of The Wire star Bobby J Brown on Tuesday.
Brown, 62, was purportedly overcome by smoke while trying to jump‑start a vehicle inside the barn, it was reported on Thursday.
The Maryland Office of the Chief Medical Examiner confirmed the cause of death as diffuse thermal injury and smoke inhalation and ruled the incident an accident.
Now audio footage has emerged of the emergency services attempting to arrange for Brown’s rescue – as his wife Arlene mounted a desperate bid to save his life and reportedly sustained severe burns in the process, via TMZ.
Dispatchers revealed Arlene called to report her husband was ‘trapped’ in a 50-by-100-foot barn in which a fire broke out after he tried ‘to start up his old Cadillac.’
A ‘nursing operation’ was launched ‘to get some water up there to the house,’ as one dispatcher recommended that the emergency services ‘go ahead and start two fireboats since we’re so close to the water.’
Chilling 911 audio has offered fresh insight into the catastrophic barn fire that claimed the life of The Wire star Bobby J Brown on Tuesday
One dispatcher then noted that ‘we do have exposure issues with two vehicles,’ as fire engines apparently arrived at the scene of the blaze.
A dispatcher can be heard asking first responders to ‘make your way down the driveway,’ making note of how ‘tight’ the available space was but still asking that the person on the other end of the line ‘leave room for the special services please.’
