Smoke visible at apartment front door in complex, Durham NC


The recording reports smoke coming from the front door of an apartment in a two-story complex with a basement. Responders say the front door was unsecured and they were checking for people inside. Light smoke was reported in the basement and multiple units were dispatched to investigate.
Audio|Source: Durham City Fire
02:47
Transcript:
Structure Fire[1], Capitol Tower Apartments, 1315, Maureen Road Structure Fire, Chapel Tower Apartments, 1315, Morin Road, Cross of Morikai Street and Center for Living Drive Safety 1. Rescue, 1. Quint, 11. Engine 2. Ladder, 2. Engine 5. Engine, 10. Squad 1. Quint, 7. Engine 6. Eno Tanker 341. New Hope, Tanker, 4141. Tanker, 18. Battalion, 1. Battalion, 4. Ain't no 341 is around. Ain't no 341 anymore. PD on off one, reference more range to advise on scene. Apartment A, A, in this building, front door was unsecured. There's going to be smoke from the front door. Thank you for 21. Who is that? TV on seeing out, plus I heard your call. It's going to be... Front door is unfeatured. I thought that there's going to be smoke inside the apartment. I'm trying to just call out and make sure there's not a person in there at the moment. 21 got you. 111, you've got to build a number. We're in a complex. 111 from 101. So it's 4a. All right. 11, we're out. Another gentleman, a two-story basement, basement, apartment complex. We got the numbers. Change that two light smoke, fill the box in the basement. The same one is all the one thing along with engines two and engine five. I get a standby for there. Is anyone being come in on the outside? Pumping truck. We'll be a first truck. One of us.
Structure Fire[1], Capitol Tower Apartments, 1315, Maureen Road Structure Fire, Chapel Tower Apartments, 1315, Morin Road, Cross of Morikai Street and Center for Living Drive Safety 1. Rescue, 1. Quint, 11. Engine 2. Ladder, 2. Engine 5. Engine, 10. Squad 1. Quint, 7. Engine 6. Eno Tanker 341. New Hope, Tanker, 4141. Tanker, 18. Battalion, 1. Battalion, 4. Ain't no 341 is around. Ain't no 341 anymore. PD on off one, reference more range to advise on scene. Apartment A, A, in this building, front door was unsecured. There's going to be smoke from the front door. Thank you for 21. Who is that? TV on seeing out, plus I heard your call. It's going to be... Front door is unfeatured. I thought that there's going to be smoke inside the apartment. I'm trying to just call out and make sure there's not a person in there at the moment. 21 got you. 111, you've got to build a number. We're in a complex. 111 from 101. So it's 4a. All right. 11, we're out. Another gentleman, a two-story basement, basement, apartment complex. We got the numbers. Change that two light smoke, fill the box in the basement. The same one is all the one thing along with engines two and engine five. I get a standby for there. Is anyone being come in on the outside? Pumping truck. We'll be a first truck. One of us.
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Location mentioned:
Near Morreene Rd Apartment 1-F, Durham, NC 27705
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