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Fire crews check possible furnace issue in BristolBristol VA

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Bristol, VA 24201

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire units in Bristol responded to a report of a burning odor and heat coming from the vents at an apartment complex on Carriage Circle. The resident reported turning off their furnace but still experiencing heat and smell. Fire crews were dispatched to check for a possible furnace malfunction or structure fire.

Audio|Heard on: Washington County and Bristol City Public Safety
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01:45
Transcript:
00:00
Ten-Jeff, we're searching your fire department station one.
00:03
Carriage Hill Apartments, near Carriage Circle.
00:09
Caller advises he can smell a burning odor.
00:12
Turned his furnace off, still smells it and feels heat in the vents.
00:16
Would like to have it checked.
00:20
Be thirty-five.
00:27
Central, I'll be clear this morning.
00:30
(number withheld).
00:40
10-4[1].
00:49
Ladder one en route.
00:52
(number withheld).
00:58
Base six four central.
01:04
Give it.
01:06
Clearing outside.
01:10
Point (number withheld).
01:12
Responding.
01:19
(number withheld).
01:21
Sound of time.
01:24
Battalion one.
01:28
We'll be arriving on location in Carriage Hill looking for the apartment.
01:36
Ten four.
01:37
Looks like it's the very last one in that building toward the train tracks.
01:44
Copy.
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment/Affirmative

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Bristol, VA 24201
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