Smoke from blocked chimney fills home basement
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One hundred respond.
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Smoke in a structure.
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(number withheld) hazley Lane, White Township.
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Fire up three.
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Station 100 respond.
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Smoke in a structure.
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(number withheld) Hazley Lane, White Township.
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Fire up three.
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Station 100 respond, smoke in the structure, (number withheld)
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Hazley Lane, White Township, Firehouse 3.
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Station 100 respond, smoke in the structure, (number withheld) Hazley Lane, White Township, Firehouse 3.
00:52
Indiana County 100 Assistant One.
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100 Assistant One.
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County responding.
01:01
100 Assistant One, you're responding.
01:02
Smoke in a structure, (number withheld) Halesley Lane, White Township, cross street Old US 119 Highway South.
01:11
Caller stated he believes he has a chimney blockage, requesting fire department for smoke ventilation.
01:18
Stated he did not see any flames in the flue.
01:23
Did state he is unable to put the fire out that is currently in the fireplace.
01:30
All residents have evacuated.
01:33
Assistant
01:39
one, assistant three.
01:42
Go ahead.
01:45
If I'm not mistaken, that's pretty tight back in there, one lane and a pretty narrow bridge to cross.
01:59
Yeah, I think you're right.
02:00
It depends probably how far back in it is.
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There's 100 of them.
02:16
Station 100, you're acknowledging smoke in a structure, (number withheld) Hazley Lane, White Township, cross street Old US 119 Highway South.
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Caller requests fire department for smoke ventilation.
02:26
Believes he had a chimney blockage.
02:30
Did state he's unable to put the fire out that is currently in the fireplace.
02:35
Also stated all residents are out.
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You're acknowledging 2106.
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Indiana County Ladder 106.
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Ladder 106.
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County Ladder 106, you're out with four, four miles.
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2108.
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This is the one position two.
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Go ahead, sir.
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Hey, I'm on Halesley now.
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Yeah, we're gonna have to cross that little bridge.
03:17
All right, we'll have to send an engine in 1st .
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Indiana County, Engine 102.
03:35
We have another, uh, Engine 102.
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104.
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102, you're out with 4, 2110.
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Always want a unit straight and heavy.
03:52
You can back on the west, uh, Brinker Landscaping, 600.
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(name withheld), you got to the house yet? On what we have.
04:08
Yeah, affirmative.
04:09
It's going to be a six-story ranch.
04:12
Talking to him, he's got a lot of smoke coming out of his chimney, but I didn't think it was a chimney fire.
04:15
Trying to investigate now.
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We're on the about 14 feet off the ground.
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This is the water system two.
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Go ahead, (name withheld).
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Wood burner in the basement goes to an exterior chimney.
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Must have got a blockage.
04:37
Smoke has just poured back into the basement.
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Copy that. We'll have to get an engine back in here, I guess.
04:47
I'm not sure.
04:49
The aerial's going to be a good idea.
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And negative, I keep the aerial on 119.
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Pick up a man crew.
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There's a ladder set up for us already.
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Just need the chains, battery fans.
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106 from assistant one, did you copy?
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Receive, we'll bring the smoke stuff.
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Chimney.
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Indiana County Engine 108.
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Engine 108.
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And I was one.
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10-108, you're en route with 12112.
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Guys, bring a dry chem too.
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We don't want to put water on this, I don't want to crack the furnace, but maybe a dry chem with the fire out.
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3C.
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(name withheld), are you in up to the left?
05:52
Yes, affirmative.
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108, when you get here, it's a very narrow bridge, single lane bridge.
06:04
Careful crossing, it's narrow and there's got some guardrails on either side.
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