Oven left on in apartment with no access for responders, Chapel Hill NC
Fire & ArsonFire and EMS were dispatched to an apartment because the resident left the oven on while out of town. Responders had no access to the unit and could not enter without forced entry.
Audio|Source: Orange County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Engine 33, 625, South Elliott Road, Unit 313, Antarctic Blue Hill Apartments.
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Service call, Engine 33, 625, South Elliott Road, Unit 313, Antarctic Blue Hill Apartments.
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Service call, Cross Streets Benetway and Ephesus Church Road, Ops 2[1], Time Out 029.029.
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Call was transferred from Raleigh. Caller said she was making cookies before leaving for the bus station and realized she forgot to turn off the oven.
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There is no hidden key to get in, maintenance is not answering, and none of the neighbors have a key to the apartment.
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I'm not sure she means for you to force entry and turn it off, but I have her phone number if you'd like to call and ask what she wants to do.
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All right, thank you.
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I'll get back with you. Yeah.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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Ops 2: Operations Channel 2 (radio channel assignment)
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Location mentioned:
Apartment Dr, Chapel Hill, NC 27517
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