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Apartment fire caused by burnt food in Germantown, Germantown MD
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to an apartment building near Chalet Drive in Germantown where light smoke was visible from the front door. The cause was food burning on the stove in apartment 302 on the third floor. No major fire was found.
Audio|Heard on: Montgomery County MD Fire Rescue 7A4 Incident 10
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04:26
Transcript:
00:00
Cooking over is a fire alarm.
00:01
Hope period I do to call it first on scene with a smoke show.
00:09
Permanican 7.2, but do you try to confirm a apartment number or floor number for me?
00:18
Okay, permanent engine 722.
00:20
We'll try to attempt a call back.
00:27
Permanic engine 722.
00:29
34 of my water supply.
00:30
I'm going to drop a Wonderland Way and Jelly Drive.
00:38
Number to permanent attention 722.
00:45
Terminator 729 to Montgomery.
00:47
22 call out a plug.
00:49
They did not, sir.
00:54
We're laying out right now in front of near Chalet Dr.
01:00
Correction, correction.
01:08
Near Chalet Dr, 29 copies
01:16
Died in 785 on scene three-story apartment building got what appears to be very light smoke showing from the front door.
01:28
The Montgomery of the time 705 and permanent attention 7.2,
01:33
We had an additional call for a short in Unit 302, possibly on the third floor.
01:43
Okay.
01:45
Italian 5 will have the command of my vehicle, opposite to side A.
01:49
Entering.
01:54
Montgomery.
01:56
Verifying, you said 302, correct?
02:00
That's correct.
02:03
Okay,
02:04
Command units operating.
02:05
I spoke to the calling party.
02:08
She's confirmed department 302-302.
02:19
834 truck, great positioning up front if you're coming in Wonderland.
02:29
Tendenton 7.2.
02:31
Let me report from the inside, please.
02:36
Confirming food on the stove, which is on site alpha.
02:43
So you're confirming food on the stove by 10 on a side alpha.
02:47
Are you confirming 3.02?
02:54
Been coming three zero two second second round okay and seven point two you've got truck thirty four and reggie squad seven twenty nine coming your way.
03:18
All units can tactically save,
03:21
check for extension.
03:26
Commandant units operating on Chalet, with the exception of 34 truck, RETI Squad 29, Engine I-22.
03:33
Everyone else packed with stage.
03:40
I need a fan as well.
03:46
34 truck, tellerman, are you okay on a fan?
03:51
The truck driver, got it.
03:57
34 truck driver, you okay on that? Good, Joe, it's a fan,
04:01
not the ladder.
04:04
Yeah, I got two.
04:10
Three in the rear, nothing, nothing.
04:13
Okay, 34 instance.
04:19
Montgomery units operating on Chalet.
04:22
We're going to hold engine 722 truck 734, all the units can pick up and go in service.
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Location mentioned:
Chalet Dr, Germantown, MD 20874
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