Fire crews investigate odor near Poplar Ave, Boulder CO
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a possible odor investigation near Poplar Avenue in Boulder. Responding units initially had difficulty locating the address because the site appeared to be a private apartment rather than a commercial property. After clarification, crews traced the issue to a part of a commercial building with separate entrances, where they detected a faint odor and began measuring for hazards. The situation was under investigation with no confirmed hazard at that point.
Audio|Heard on: Boulder CO Fire-Tac Group Calls
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02:23
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 141 arrival.
00:02
No investigation in process.
00:04
We'll be investigating.
00:05
This will be Poplar Command.
00:07
Copy (name withheld), have your arrival.
00:09
You'll be Poplar Command and you'll be investigating.
00:14
Engine 1, can you guys bump up to that next driveway?
00:19
Poplar Command from BC 143 on arrival and standing by.
00:22
Let me know what you need.
00:26
Command, engine 2. Engine 141, we're at 777.
00:29
There is nobody here.
00:30
It's a private apartment.
00:32
There is no lobby.
00:33
It doesn't fit the description.
00:37
BC 143, copy that.
00:40
Let me check CAD notes for you, and you still have command.
00:45
Copy ninety-one, measure 141.
00:52
Go ahead.
00:54
We're at 777 Poplar.
00:57
It's a single-unit apartment.
00:59
It doesn't fit anything that's a lobby.
01:01
There are a lot of other addresses and commercial buildings near it.
01:04
Can you double check the address?
01:08
Hey, we're going to try to call back the RP.
01:10
They did say it was a commercial building with multiple offices in it.
01:18
Copy 717737 are all matching that description.
01:21
We just need to know which one it's in.
01:26
Copy. We're calling back.
01:29
Engine 141, Tower 141, Ops 1.
01:33
Engine 141.
01:36
(name withheld), come in that red door right there.
01:41
1100, Engine 141.
01:44
Go ahead.
01:47
In the lobby.
01:48
It's the same building on the backside with outside entrances.
01:53
The commercial inside entrances.
01:54
We do have an odor.
01:58
Your traffic was cutting in and out.
02:00
I copied that it's the same building on the back side because it's a separate entrance, and then you do have an odor copy.
02:08
We will be investigating.
02:11
Copy.
02:13
Hey (name withheld), one of the meters are moving.
02:17
Copy that. We don't have an odor down here.
02:20
We're .9 on our meters.
02:22
The only thing we've got so far.
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Location mentioned:
Poplar Ave, Boulder, CO 80304
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