Charcoal grill odor mistaken for fire in residential area, Myrtle Beach SC
Fire & ArsonFire units responded to a report of a woodsy smell near S Ocean Blvd. After checking the area and speaking with people, they found no fire or smoke. The smell was traced to a charcoal grill in a parking lot.
Audio|Source: Myrtle Beach Fire Rescue
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Transcript:
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Engine 2 station.
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Go for Engine 2.
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If I received a call from the homeowner, it's going to be a full form.
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Go ahead for safety 3.
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Squad 3, checking on the...
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The Engine 2 is arriving on scene.
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I got a one-story residential, nothing shown for the exterior.
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Engine 2 is being beyond investigating.
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Copy.
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From sand dunes to Ocean Boulevard, I don't have anything, not even a smell.
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I've talked to a couple of people and they don't smell anything either.
00:37
Okay, the complainant said that it was a woodsy smell.
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So I feel like if we check the wooded areas, I'd run Yopan and stuff like that.
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If we don't see anything,
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then we'll be good to go.
00:54
Copy that. You can go on service if you're on this.
00:56
I'll do one more lap.
01:03
Ten, four, I'm not that far away.
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I'll just continue in.
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I'll be searching.
01:09
Station, engine one's in the area.
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It's to locate.
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Copy.
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Engine three, inch one.
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Go ahead.
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You want us to check it? Any areas down here?
01:30
Between safety and us, we kind of covered it.
01:32
We're checking sand dunes right now.
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Do you want to cruise up Ocean Boulevard?
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You can?
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All right, covered.
01:51
Take a good look around and double check.
01:54
It's definitely not coming from our property.
02:00
Safety three copy.
02:02
Station, Medics, 6-1.
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We're still at the hospital.
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We're clearing right now.
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We've got paged out by a tag 2.
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You can mark us in the route for that unconscious patient, but we're coming from 80 seconds.
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Station is going to be clear by themselves due to a spoke machine inside the house.
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The Institute is clear for time.
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We call the caller back and just so they can tell us exactly where they were when they smelled it, just to give us a better idea of where we're looking.
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53, I'm going to be checking around the King's Highway area.
03:00
I'll go down and check the woods around south of our property.
03:07
Just be advised, the male was on the property of the PACE U-2 when he smelled it.
03:21
Tempt for him, he does not want to meet, correct?
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He has mobility issues and does not want to meet.
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Safety 3, Battalion 3.
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Battalion 3, I just made contact with an individual right here at the Pace View.
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He's got a charcoal grill out in the parking lot, and I believe that's going to be the source of our smell.
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Okay, 10-4[1].
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I'm glad we were able to determine what it was.
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Do you need anything?
03:53
No, everything's okay over here.
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He's just cooking.
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Tim Borr, we can go ahead and release everybody go back in service.
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10-4: Acknowledgment / Affirmative (Message received)
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Location mentioned:
Near S Ocean Blvd, Myrtle Beach, SC 29577
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