False alarm structure fire at Watts Street apartment, Durham NC
Fire & ArsonFire units responded to a reported structure fire near Watts Street at the cross of Lamond and Gloria Avenue. Upon investigation, no smoke or flames were found inside the large house. Firefighters detected a faint odor consistent with heat strips but no active fire was present. The call was determined to be a false alarm.
Audio|Source: Durham City Fire
04:49
Transcript:
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Structure Fire, near Watts Street
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Structure Fire, near Watts Street, Cross of Lamond Avenue and Gloria Avenue, FD,
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20, safety, one, rescue, one, engine two, engine one, engine nine, squad seven, Quint 7, engine three, ladder, three, FD, 8, Battalion, One.
00:34
Ops one, ops one.
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Cornwallis Apartments, 2519 South Roxborough Street.
00:52
Breathing problem, Cornwallis Apartments, 2519 South Roxburgh Street, Cross of Tarrow Street and East Cornwallis Stone, Claw 4.
01:09
Communications from FDA, we need to dispatch a second battalion chief in place of FD8, the structure car call.
01:18
Yes.
01:24
Go ahead.
01:34
One's on scene, two-story, single-family residential,
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large residential, probably 4,000 square foot.
01:43
Nothing showing.
01:45
I got a hike in about 150 foot in front of engine one.
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I'll be out of making a lap.
01:56
It's how you want. I copy your size of volume and sold you traffic by one investigates.
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ladder to approach from Maine to have the address.
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The unit from 2019 Southwark's apartment 21.
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Make sure the engine that's come from the object of Maine to the higher.
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We leave May after the first line.
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Tadier 3.
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Battalion,
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I'm all seen, Battalion 1 will establish command.
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Copy Battalion 1, Established Command.
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Command. 3 where I'm saying?
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Command from engine two, if we need a water supply, we'll be able to manage that.
03:25
Got the engine two, he's got water supply for needed.
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Command from engine one. First floor is clear.
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No sign of smoke or fire.
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Rescue 1 is on floor 2.
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One's headed to floor 2 also.
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Got engine one and rescue one interior.
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I hope first floor is clear headed to second floor.
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All other units just staged on arrival until we can get further.
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Let me set it on second.
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Command from engine one.
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Go ahead, one.
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So we've investigated all floors, basement into attic, no sign of smoke or fire. There is a small odor on the floor, too.
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It's consistent with that of heat strips.
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You can show everybody available other than Station 1, include NEMS.
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Location mentioned:
Near Watts St, Durham, NC 27701
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