Oily rags smolder in assisted living laundry room, Lawrence KS
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Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to Brandon Woods assisted living near Inverness Drive in Lawrence after finding smoldering oily rags in a laundry room. Firefighters extinguished the rags with water, confirmed the fire was under control, checked carbon monoxide levels, and requested a ladder unit for non-emergency help.
Audio|Heard on: Lawrence Douglas County Fire and Medical
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01:55
Transcript:
00:00
We found some oily rags in the laundry room that were smoldering.
00:05
We went ahead and hit with a water can to extinguish,
00:09
reporting under control.
00:13
Crocktop command dispatch.
00:19
Point three available.
00:23
...transporting point three available.
00:29
...engine four engineer to Brandon with the command.
00:34
Neverness command, go ahead.
00:37
The room is still really strong.
00:39
It's burning our eye, so we got seven parts per million CO.
00:46
Understand.
00:51
The ordinance command is Mitch.
00:55
Inverness command.
01:01
Requesting ladder five non-emergency to our location.
01:07
Ladder 5.
01:14
Level 3,
01:16
response
01:21
Ladder 5, request an additional for odor, near Inverness Drive, Brandon Woods at 1614.
01:28
The battalion 1 dispatched.
01:36
Add me of Brandon which call them in route.
01:42
Ladder 5 in route.
01:45
Ladder 5 in route.
01:46
Ladder 5 in route non-emergency for assistance near Inverness Drive, Brandon Woods at 16.
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Location mentioned:
Inverness Dr, Lawrence, KS 66047
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