Smoke in mountain view city hall caused by burnt food, Mountain View CA
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Fire & ArsonFire units responded to a smoke investigation at Mountain View City Hall near Castro Street. They found a slight haze and a burnt food smell on the third floor, caused by burnt bread in a toaster. HVAC assistance was requested to ventilate the smoke.
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05:52
Transcript:
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1851 52 drop 51 odor smoke inside city hall popular Castro
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Engine 51, engine 52, Battalion 51, Battalion 51, and Truck 51, respond to smoke investigation inside a structure at near Castro Street City Hall Mountain View, cross streets from Mercy Street and Church Street.
00:33
So units respond on coming up 51.
00:44
51's on the command 51.
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Copy truck on the committee 51 Covering truck on to commit Copy package.
00:56
Your compliment is in route to odor of smoke inside City Hall near Castro Street burning smell on the second.
01:13
Go for Engine.
01:16
Yeah,
01:17
I don't know who the RP is, somebody just called the station.
01:21
I'm 51 from Engine 51.
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Engine 51.
01:33
Engine 51 is on scene.
01:35
We have a large,
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four-story office building, nothing showing from the exterior.
01:43
Engine 51 will be investigating.
01:45
This will be Castro.
01:47
Additionally,
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we have PD block off Castro.
01:51
We're blocking the lane here.
01:55
Copy, engine 51 on the large, four-story office building, nothing showing investigating.
02:00
Castro I see, has PD block off.
02:02
I see engine 51 engineer.
02:10
Have it you went from I see I see good.
02:17
Uh made access inside the building there's a very very slight haze smells like burnt food.
02:28
104, access into building, very slight haze, possibly birthplace.
02:37
I see you from truck for doing.
02:41
Good.
02:47
Yeah, we're into the city all now.
02:49
need some assistance.
02:53
Yeah, we'll just meet me in the lobby area.
02:57
We'll have to take it four by floor and see if there's a kitchen area inside here that we can identify where the smoke comes from.
03:07
Hi, coffee.
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We're in the first floor for attendance.
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551-152 is on same station.
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Ten four, a hundred.
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Ant 51. The Tide 51.
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Go ahead.
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You notify facilities, just let the route here and it's possible burnt food and that we may need some help with the HVAC system.
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Ten forth. Facilities notify may need assistance in ventilating the burnt food smell.
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Great.
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At 1051,
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would PD is requesting, are you only meeting southbound Castro walkoff or anything else walk off?
04:07
Just southbound Castro.
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104, southbound Castro.
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10-4[1], southbound Castro.
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Time 51 for my seeing here.
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Go ahead.
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Yeah, we located it.
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It's on the third floor, city manager's office.
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There's no open windows available to the space.
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So we're going to have to work on that HVAC removal.
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But that's the one company.
04:42
You found the, and what was the source?
04:49
There's a small purse, a piece of burnt bread and a toaster.
04:55
Copy, command 51, Italian, just copy the last.
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The time 51,
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sorry,
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I had a phone call, I copy that found the location of the smell and no windows to ventilate.
05:14
Yeah, it's affirmative, so we'll need a response from facilities to come out and they can adjust the HVAC system to exhaust the smoke.
05:24
Therefore, I'll give not be a vehicle.
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I see, Betan.
05:32
Good.
05:37
Can you and the truck handle?
05:42
Yeah, that's affirmative.
05:44
I was just about to give an update.
05:47
Copy. The 52 you can clear.
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10-4: Acknowledgment—message received and understood.
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Location mentioned:
Castro St, Mountain View, CA 94041
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