Smoke from vehicle turbo mistaken for fire at Durham address, Durham NC
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a report of a structure fire at a residence near Ruby Street, Durham, resulted in units investigating smoke and burning odor. Officials found the smoke was coming from a vehicle's turbocharger creating haze with no actual fire present.
Audio|Heard on: Durham City Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Structure fire 612 Ruby Street between Washington Street and Ruffin Street for squad 7 battalion 2, between 4, engine 1, engine 10, engine 3, engine 9.
00:08
FD 20, ladder 2.7, rescue 1, ops 2.
00:12
Ops 2.
00:20
4408, Sun Valley Drive
00:26
Stroke 4408 Sun Valley Drive Cross of Sunningale Way and Metal Run Drive engine 6
00:36
6 6
00:46
Squad 520 genera
01:03
520 from 511 y'all 104 y'all want to say.
01:09
We're 10'4.
01:12
We're 10'4.
01:13
You're bad, y'all, 104.
01:22
We can't pull. We can't four.
01:29
Nick. 2 is on scene.
01:32
Single story rather than structure, brick destruction,
01:34
nothing evident from the alpha side.
01:36
We'll be out in those getting later over the first engine.
01:44
Nick 2 on scene, alpha visible.
01:55
There is an odor of burning, I'm not sure where it's coming from and there's a haze.
02:08
We're in the area attempting to locate there is to be haze, but we do not see anything up there right now.
02:21
5020s and I'm seeing no assume command.
02:26
And 612 is this one right to try to squadron.
02:30
Round brick.
02:35
A lot of two's on the scene.
02:43
Next thing you get travel down Colgate and Ruffin Street Street.
03:04
Okay,
03:06
go top of 608.
03:09
See your right.
03:19
I'm saying for us from command.
03:25
See anything on Colgate?
03:29
There's negative me in Engine 3 road to Colgate and it's nothing.
03:48
Engine 1, did you talk to the 6-08 Ruby Street?
03:53
Quinn said she said that she saw the smoke and somebody called it in right by, but
04:01
see,
04:03
one of the next door neighbors said somebody was working on the car, that's as much as we've got right now.
04:17
S-10 on scene standing by Ruby with you.
04:24
Command from Quincylvan.
04:32
Command.
04:38
Revisited back with 612 and he said that the vehicle in their back of their house was creating a lot of smoke due to the turbo.
04:50
And that's what all the smoke was, but there's no fire.
04:59
All units,
05:01
clear the call.
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Location mentioned:
Ruby St, Durham, NC 27704
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