Fire crews investigate smoke near Virginia Ave, Kansas City MO
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were dispatched to a three-story apartment near Virginia Avenue after a caller reported smoke on the second level. Alarms were sounding and voices were heard inside, but no one answered the door. Upon investigation, crews found food left on the stove as the source of smoke. Station 17 handled the situation and other units returned to service.
Audio|Heard on: Jackson MO Fire-Tac Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Car 105, car 106, and company, you're going to near Virginia Avenue.
00:05
This will be apartment 2S (as in Sam).
00:10
You do got smoke on the 2nd level.
00:14
This will be a three-story building.
00:15
The caller is seeing smoke.
00:17
(name withheld) is the next door neighbor.
00:19
(name withheld) tried knocking on the door.
00:20
The alarms are audible.
00:22
At this time, (name withheld) hears voices or hearing people, but no one is answering the door.
00:28
You do have hydrants there to the south of this address on Virginia.
00:34
So to the east and west, East 33rd Street and Tracy Avenue.
00:43
Okay, now that we're done with that, Truck Two's on the scene.
00:46
We got nothing showing from a three-story apartment building.
00:49
We're going to be out investigating.
00:51
Truck Two, I got you, come in.
00:55
We have food on the stove.
00:56
Station Seventeen will handle it for all of the companies in service.
01:01
Truck Two, food on the stove,
01:03
Seventeen's handling.
01:06
All other companies can be in service.
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Location mentioned:
Virginia Ave, Kansas City, MO 64109
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