Small fire in apartment couch forces evacuation, Charlotte NC


Fire units responded to smoke odor inside an apartment building near Farm Pond Lane. They found white smoke coming from a first-floor apartment where a small couch was burning. The fire was put out quickly. Residents were evacuated, and no visible fire signs were seen outside. Only some fire units remained on scene for about ten minutes.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
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Transcript:
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Battalion 4.
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Engines, 23, 42, and 65, and ladder 23, smoke odor inside, near Farm Pond Lane, on Emo, Echo.
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Italian 4, engines, 23, 42, and 65, and ladder 23, smoke odor inside, near Farm Pond Lane, on e, echo.
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Other page contact.
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72 copy page contact.
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On average contact.
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Honorable selection to see the central.
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It out and check on stage.
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I didn't copy.
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I apologize. I'll hold on.
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I won't call. All right. Gene Markers all staying and clear.
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Got you on scene and clear.
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Residents. She didn't see any signs of fire that she could tell.
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The alarm going on.
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The evacuation wasn't as I was going to provide a hydrogen on site.
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11 alarm.
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Two minutes, Levin.
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When I'm going to see with CMPD, we're going to await more officers to arrive.
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Evidently, there's a male subject in the tent city in the woods, the psychiatric with a knife,
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if you would go ahead and start medic non-emergency.
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10 words, 11.
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It's 4211.
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White smoke shown from the apartment on the apartment on the first floor.
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Forty-two have...
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Battalion 1, Engine 2, and Ladder 2, Fire alarm, near Hawkins Street and City, Charlie.
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1, Engine 2, and ladder 2, Firearm, near Hawkins Street and City, Charlie.
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Parma D, everyone out.
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Please, if I have a 42, you're going to need some higher.
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I'll advise in there.
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Alarmacemines responding near Hawkins Street at the Linnea.
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The cross-drew 13 Mon Avenue around Park Street.
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Town and by someone from the premise advice that the fire alarms are going on.
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You're first trying to see what I mean.
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Can you can handle all of those are clear.
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Hello.
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Engine 9-tail-R, you can release our move-up.
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10-49. Station reaffinement.
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Engine 39. Move to Station 39.
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Engine re-inignment.
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Engine 39. Move to station 39.
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We're in process of lighting it down.
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They've got me fire out, small couch, small ground.
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Alarm to command also, you're in a 10-minute incident timer[1].
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10-minute incident timer: Fire incident time tracking
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Location mentioned:
Near Farm Pond Ln, Charlotte, NC 28212
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