House fire caused by lithium batteries in garage, Boca Raton FL
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a house fire near 4th batch palm drive caused by lithium batteries in the garage. On arrival, the fire was mostly out with no active flames visible. The batteries had caught fire earlier but the situation was quickly controlled and power was isolated.
Audio|Source: Boca Raton Fire Rescue
03:59
Transcript:
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engine 2, battalion 5, battalion 1, hazmat 6, rescue 5 to a structure fire[1], near 4th batch palm drive. Get the house on fire, I'll leave it.
00:17
card inside the garage southeast three zone eight all units switch over to tech two tech two ten on fourteen forty two about five responding tech two
00:30
I don't want to respond and switch it
00:36
press you one same traffic
00:42
and just ran route doctor
00:55
And get multiple calls, Peeves and round.
01:02
1443.
01:04
As in two, we're out, switching to attack too. We're out, switching to attack too.
01:10
That's the same one.
01:14
Go ahead.
01:22
We believe so the callers were our neighbors the homeowner was trying to put it out looks like the homeowner did call and we told him to get out as well so we believe everybody's up
01:34
Got it's the man fixing around around which is after 1444
01:49
Spatch engine three bridge delay.
01:52
As today in arrival, we have a two-story residential structure.
01:56
No fire seen at this time both garage doors open.
02:00
Here's that an extinguisher, an initial knock down a fire. We will be investigating starting a quick attack.
02:07
We'll be thatch command.
02:11
Copy command, quick attack.
02:14
1446.
02:19
coming unit to be advised. There is no fire at this time.
02:23
Here's that.
02:25
Some lithium batteries caught fire.
02:27
No fire is this time. Everything is no fire is possibly lithium batteries.
02:37
1447.
02:42
Power isolated as a breaker.
02:49
1447. We can slow in coming units.
02:54
We can slow.
02:56
We're going to be in service.
02:59
The M.S. We're going to be in service.
03:03
I have one to robble.
03:09
Forty-fourty-eight.
03:12
Engine three arrival.
03:17
If you want arrival?
03:27
1448 I'm not 6 from the Taiwan
03:35
I'm going to need you to continue I have some lithium batteries and need to contain
03:50
You have to call out engine six. I am having some mechanical problems on might be broke down.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
structure fire: Building/structure fire incident
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Location mentioned:
Near NW 4th St, Boca Raton, FL 33486
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