Basement fire at residence caused by dryer lint, Kentwood MI
Firefighters responded to a basement fire near Pillar Creek Ave SE. The building was evacuated, and crews extinguished the fire. Investigation found that the fire was caused by lint in a dryer. No injuries or arson were reported.
Audio|Source: Kent County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Dispatch attention of Kentwood Fire monitors, engine 53, engine 52, medic 51 and 53, car 3 command basement fire,
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near Pillar Creek Ave SE.
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Across Breyer Creek and Rum Creek, dry around fire, flames, seen, fire is in the basement. Timeout, 23, 23.
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REST1 quarters.
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Rest 1 in quarters.
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Unit 4 is clear.
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She cleared, 23, 24.
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Dispatch from Cail, Agent 51.
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We're clear in the crash. Please turn over to consumers or not to the fire.
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Get an engine 51's inart to the fire on pillar creek.
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House is evacuated. Check, they're evacuating the house.
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Twenty-three, twenty-five.
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Car three, an engine, check. Medi-Five-2-1-R-R-A. Car-3, Middick, 521 in a row.
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Count with Car 3 and Medic 51 are unseen.
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We've had two-story residential.
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Nothing is showing.
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Canaway car 3 will have... Countly Command will be investigating.
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We'll be investigating. Car 3, Mediac 51, unseen, two-story residential, and then show on and we'll be investigating 23.27.
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Engine 3, transfer, transfer patient care.
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2-50, you want to see a fan?
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Just get it up here, I'm not sure they need to get, you have smoking the building.
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Command investigation.
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Refuge to be out.
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You can still everybody down. Get any fence.
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Copy, fires pier out, slowing coming,
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and eat event down.
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Breaking coming units can slow down to an emergency.
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One agent 53 is on the scene.
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Oh yeah, 563 is on scene, 23209.
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Man from attack one.
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Go ahead.
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Fire's out, we can handle with us in fifty-three.
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Capi, fire's out.
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Fire's out.
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We can handle with...
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Units on scene, cancel coming.
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Come in a copy. Fire's off, you know, units on scene, engine 52, you copy.
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Go ahead.
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And this 20 and 3 turn here.
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Negative. I guess it's just a bunch of lint down here that flashed.
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You need an engine 53.
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I'd like to get this dryer out of here if we can so if we could get a couple more feet point here that'd be good.
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copy 19 53's on the way down.
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kind of command from car fiber you're going to need an investigator a negative.
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Some three quarters.
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Three quarters.
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Three and quarters.
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Take fifty two if you're back there being clear.
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Near Pillar Creek Ave SE, Kentwood, MI 49508
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