Breaker malfunction causes smoke odor at home, Los Angeles County CA


Fire crews responded to a single-family home after reports of smoke and a possible electrical issue. No fire was found. A breaker malfunction caused the smell of smoke. The breaker was turned off and an electrician was called for further inspection.
Audio|Source: Los Angeles County Fire - LAC C-21
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Transcript:
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L-engine 23 is on scene near single-family home nothing showing 23 is that's getting
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engine 23 nothing truck engine 23 nothing truck
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engine 23 quack 45 is pulling up on saying
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Engine 23, 94-on-2.
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Alley, Engine 45.
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It's going to be a breaker malfunction.
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Engine 45, Quinn 45,
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Engine 23 can handle you can cancel the rest of the assignments.
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Engine 45, copy breaker malfunction.
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Engine 45, Quinn45 Engine 23 can handle.
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The 10-9 to copy.
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Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay.
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Okay. Okay. LHS Squad 45 available on team.
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Copy.
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Engine 45 from Pekite 9.
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You still up on 21?
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Bc29, engine 45, that's correct.
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Ed,
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did you figure out what was a trip in the breaker? It looked like the tech said there's smoking two bathrooms, or smelled like smoke.
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Yeah, we checked the attic, it's all clear, checked the entire house, the CI, but we don't find anything.
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He shut the breaker off, up the second breaker, and so we just left down a lot off and we're going to just call out an electrician.
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Everything's clear.
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We're going to cancel.
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Copy. Aller Engine 45.
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If you have the call plan back, we're going to cancel Engine 23, Squad 45 and go available.
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We're going to be going available here in there.
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Engine 45, copy.
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Los Angeles County, CA
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