Smoke in home from furnace causes evacuation, Belchertown MA
Fire & ArsonLight smoke was detected in the basement of a home near Westview Drive due to a furnace issue. The occupants evacuated safely, and fire crews found no active fire during their investigation.
Audio|Source: Belchertown Police/Fire
06:42
Transcript:
00:00
Pressure Decision, 52 standby for the smoke coming out of furnace at 52 Westview.
00:17
Central to Station 52, if you could head over to, I'm sorry,
00:21
near Westview.
00:23
Again, that's near Westview.
00:25
It's going to be for smoke coming out of the furnace.
00:29
No flames seen at this time.
00:31
Again, near Westview.
00:37
Central 5211-1-1 is on the air responding crew-up 3.
00:48
I receive you want to call for this or are you going to investigate first?
00:54
Station 52 are you going to be investigating first? I'll let you know.
01:00
I receive.
01:09
Bravo 15 and Bravo 11.
01:14
Go ahead.
01:17
near Westview, smoke in the home from a furnace, fires en route.
01:28
Racing.
01:31
11, you can just regard.
01:45
You have a hydrant at near Westview and at the end of the cold effect.
01:55
2.1 received.
01:57
Thank you for the update.
02:06
5201.
02:09
Engine 1 is answering.
02:14
All occupants inside of the home have been asked to evacuate and wait outside.
02:17
The caller believes that there may be a fire, but isn't entirely sure.
02:21
All that we have right now is smoke in the home from the furnace.
02:25
All right, we've got to be on scene shortly.
02:29
Can you please do it on call if they think there is a smoking fire in the house?
02:34
My vows do it on call, please.
02:37
All right, you got an all call, 1819.
02:47
Attention, all off duty, Belchertown fire members, near Westview.
02:53
We smoke in the home and smoke from the furnace.
02:56
Again, all off duty, Belchertown Fire Department members, near Westview, for smoke in the home and smoke from the furnace.
03:05
Central 5281.
03:09
By 201.
03:10
One is going to be unseen.
03:12
Two and a half story wood frame.
03:14
Not ensuring at this time.
03:16
Seems like the house has been evacuated.
03:18
We're going to be all the investigator.
03:20
We'll let you know with some more updates.
03:27
Racy-5-2101, you're going to be out on the scene with 2.5 wood story, wood frame structure with nothing shown from the exterior.
03:33
The building has been evacuated at this time.
03:36
Engine 1 will be out investigating 18, 20 hours.
03:47
Senator, Bravo, 11, I'm sorry.
03:50
Are you responding to Westview or is 15?
03:55
Bravo 15 is taking that.
03:58
All right, RISU, fire just got up there.
04:01
Should be giving me an update in a minute.
04:04
Recy. Recy.
04:12
Central 5-E1-1-2-8-1 in Route near Westview.
04:18
Say I want to have you in Route 1822.
04:27
Central from Angel 1 Savannah.
04:33
Blood command.
04:37
Just enough, very light smoke in the basement, uh, nothing showing no fire at this time.
04:43
Furnace that has been shut off and we can keep working here around.
04:48
But again, no fire or heavy smoke or anything like that, so far.
04:53
I'll keep up date.
04:57
Receive, center copies at the rack.
04:59
Current update at this time is light smoke condition in the basement of the home, no active fire.
05:04
Rat 2101 has shut down the furnace and continuing to investigate.
05:10
The central left-view command.
05:17
Okay.
05:19
Go ahead for left-field command.
05:25
Command, I do have a couple of members responding to headquarters.
05:29
Do you want to hold all members in there? Is you like any other apparatus?
05:35
Okay,
05:36
uh, there's a one that can actually hold that quarter from the time being.
05:39
I'll keep you guys up there.
05:41
All right, receive.
05:44
You do have a 1 that should be out there shortly.
05:51
Control, back to Ladder 1.
05:55
52 Ladder 1.
05:56
Ladder 1.
05:58
Ladder 1 is on here responding.
06:00
Been out of here responding for about 3 minutes now.
06:05
Where are you Ladder 1? How are you responding? 8 to 24.
06:08
Lider, did you copy the update from command?
06:12
Hey, sir.
06:16
Where is it?
06:19
Sure, 15.
06:23
I don't know if you were scanning or not, but they just have a light, smoke condition,
06:27
and the basement, no sign of fire yet, then the home's evacuated.
06:32
Receive.
06:36
Receive. Special 5-2A1 is on arrival, west seat.
06:41
Recy.
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Location mentioned:
Westview Dr, Belchertown, MA 01007
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