Building suspected of underground electrical fire
Fire & ArsonEmergency crews are responding to a building with high carbon monoxide levels and a strong smell near the electrical room. They suspect an underground electrical fire.
Audio|Source: Howard County Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
I have no odor and uh (name withheld) exposure. Spatch one (name withheld) 51. He's in five one. Command, okay, (name withheld) clear. One day if I want to have a fraud for you. 12,010, Little (name withheld) Parkway, Unit Bow Ocean. Ranger 8. Ranger 8. Ranger 8. Good morning. I'll be in service. My ID is 3918 and I will be countywide. 640. Ranger 16. Ranger 16th. 7.5 on scene. Could you please hold myself and Ranger 11 in service? That's 2 Frank 11, you can cancel. Tower two, command, just confirming you're going to remain on scene. Yeah, that's right. All right, I'm on the phone with BG right now. Command error. Command. Can you let them know that we're at the point where we're considering that the underground electrical wires burning? There's a 50 parts per million CO[1] in the building that doesn't seem to be dissipating. All right, you said it's possibly an underground electric problem. You have 50 parts per million, but they are dissipating? It is not dissipating, and we're at the point where that's what we're trying to rule out. The most concentrated odor is at the electrical supply room.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
CO: Carbon Monoxide
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Location mentioned:
Little Patuxent Pkwy, Columbia, MD 21044
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