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Electrical issue prompts fire responseBoston MA

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audio iconFire & Arson
W Cedar St, Boston, MA 02114

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were dispatched to a location near West Cedar Street and Phillips Street in Boston for a reported kitchen fire. Upon arrival, responders found a malfunctioning electrical outlet causing a short circuit. The situation was determined to be an electrical hazard, and all units were released after confirming there was no fire.

Audio|Heard on: Suffolk MA Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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02:53
Transcript:
00:00
District three,
00:02
Striking box 1366 near West Cedar and Phillips for the kitchen, near West Cedar Street.
00:08
Unit B Bravo in the basement striking box 1366 for near West Cedar Street.
00:17
Box 1366 near West Cedar and Phillips Street struck for near West Cedar Street.
00:23
Unit B, in the basement.
00:25
All companies responding to box 1366.
00:28
Channel 2 is the fire ground.
00:29
C-TAC 1 is the command channel.
00:31
Engine 50 is the RIT.
00:33
Car 3.
00:35
Engine 50.
00:42
50 has it.
00:46
Twenty-two fifty-one.
00:51
Flight of twenty-four,
00:53
Car three, two companies chief.
00:58
Car three, ladder 24 is reporting two companies.
01:03
Car three, you're on scene assuming command.
01:05
You got a five-story ordinary construction.
01:07
You have nothing showing.
01:08
Ladder 24 has reported two companies.
01:11
Ladder 24?
01:13
Ladder 24 to command, it's just malfunctioning outlets.
01:54
Police want you to respond Washington to Bowdoin.
01:58
Or respond to Washington and Bowdoin.
02:41
All companies returning, electrical hazard short circuit.
02:47
Okay, all companies are returning, electrical hazard short circuit.

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W Cedar St, Boston, MA 02114
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