Fire department finds burned box in garbage chute odor investigation, Chicago IL


Fire department investigated a smoke odor on the 5th floor of a building in Chicago. They found a burned cardboard box in the garbage chute. They poured water down the chute to make sure nothing else was burning. No active fire or injuries were found. The alarm was a false alarm.
Audio|Source: Chicago Fire - Digital
03:25
Transcript:
00:00
Battalion 2, you have nothing on the panel. Engine 29 is reporting an order, investigating an odor of smoke on the 5th floor. Battalion 2, your message received. Go to truck 27, truck 27. Cavilion is.
00:28
1929 at Brook. 4929 at Brook. 4929 at Brook. 98's on the return. 98, okay.
00:57
TANASORI, same construction. Check it out. 91, you're north on a cell phone. When we're, uh, there's a site owner, it smells like paper. We're trying to locate the source. This building is always sprinkler. Battalion 2, your message is saved.
01:25
91st man you can hold the truck this is a false alarm. They reset with their alarm company. Truck 35 return, truck 35 return. Engine 68's returning in service office. You can hold the ambulance. Our patient was just looking in the alley.
01:47
60 MESS, we'll be able. 29. Go for Front. 9. Person down, they don't know why. 59. 5945 division, 5945 division. 5945 division. 5945 division for truck line. 72, which location, 72?
02:15
72 is at Angleside in South Chicago. Yeah, you're going to pass right by this. 10.504, he's 73rd, seizure. 72's en route. To tell it to Engwood, we found a burned cardboard box in the garbage at the bottom of the chute.
02:42
We're sending a little bit more water down the garbage chute just to make sure there's nothing else stuck in the garbage chute that might be still smoldering. Your message received battalion, too. Battalion, Fort, Maine. Can I get an accident report number for a class 5 accident? I report it.
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