Omaha Fire: Mayday call after captain separated from hose line while responding to fire

According to a tweet from OFD, the captain was evaluated by medics and is doing well

According to a tweet from OFD, the captain was evaluated by medics and is doing well

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According to a tweet from OFD, the captain was evaluated by medics and is doing well

A fire captain is doing well after being separated from a hose line while responding to a fire overnight.

The Omaha Fire Department tweeted out a "mayday" was called while responding to a three-alarm fire at 103rd and I streets.

OFD crews are actively working at a 3rd alarm fire at 103rd & I St. During the incident, a Mayday was called when a Fire Capt was separated from a hose line. RIC crews quickly located the Capt and assisted him out of the building. He was evaluated by Medics and is doing well.

Assistant Fire Marshal Joe Caniglia told KETV NewsWatch 7 the fire was first reported at 10:25 p.m. Wednesday. Crews called a second alarm at 10:44 p.m. and a third alarm at 11:03 p.m. The mayday was issued at 11:44 p.m. when firefighters got separated.

"Firefighter typically would like to stay within that hose line to know where people are at in situations like these fires here where there's poor visibility, Caniglia said. "So again, the mayday was called it took approximately 4 minutes to locate the firefighter."

Caniglia said crews were quickly able to locate the captain and assisted him out of the building. He was then evaluated by medics.

The paper inside the plant has made it difficult for crews to fully extinguish the flames. As of 7 a.m. that the fire was still burning inside the facility.

Crews needed to bring in a bobcat and other tools to put out the piles of paper. The facility has reopened.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.