Smoke found caused by overloaded washing machine, Madison WI
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a fire alarm at Brittingham Apartments near Braxton Place to check on a neighbor who had not been seen for some time. They detected smoke in the building and investigated the source. It was found that an overloaded washing machine was producing the smoke, but there was no active fire.
Audio|Source: City of Madison Fire
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Transcript:
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All for you at the Burdingham Apartments.
00:03
Brittingham Apartments near Braxton Place, number (number withheld), to check welfare on a neighbor who hasn't been seen for a while.
00:10
Mail piling up.
00:13
Here's three copies.
00:21
Compsonor for engine six.
00:23
Okay.
00:26
Okay, Senator Engine six.
00:28
Compsonor engine six is going on location.
00:30
We got a two-story apartment complex.
00:33
No evacuation, no strobes going off.
00:36
We're parked at a hydrant.
00:37
We're going to go in and investigate.
00:38
We did not get a 360 complete.
00:41
We'll establish Luang command.
00:45
Town for engine six.
01:04
Consenter, Medicsix is on location.
01:07
We will do a 360.
01:12
Happy Medics on T.
01:14
601.
01:21
601 from 602.
01:25
Go ahead, 602.
01:29
I'm with the residence that was on the entrance right before the one you went in.
01:34
He said somebody washed or dried a rug in the machine and overloaded it, no active fire.
01:45
Copy, we're just going to verify that, keep everybody coming for now.
01:48
Someone came in and found this alarm too, so we can't detect where it's originated from.
02:00
I have the front door to this unit block.
02:04
You can also get it from the back side.
02:07
There's a door open and a heavy smoke spell down here.
02:11
That's the form of command of all incoming units.
02:14
We're still investigating.
02:15
Comedic 60 to 360, we got some smoke on the Charlie Delta side.
02:22
We're going to go investigate that area.
02:30
6.01 from 602,
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you can slow everybody down.
02:36
I'm pretty confident it's this overworked washing machine.
02:41
No active fire.
02:50
All units responding to the way on from Car 31 go cold.
02:54
Engine 6 will update.
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Location mentioned:
Near Braxton Place, Madison, WI 53715
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