Smoke investigation reveals chimney smoke with closed damper, Oakland CA
Fire & ArsonFire officials responded to reports of heavy smoke near 42nd Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way. Investigation found the smoke was from a fireplace chimney with a closed damper causing smoke to accumulate.
Audio|Source: Oakland Fire Department
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Transcript:
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Engine 5. Investigation smoke, 42nd Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way.
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Way.
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Engine 5. Investigation smoke, 42nd Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Way.
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Way.
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Fortfire, donate.
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And tonight, go ahead.
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We were just at 42nd MLK 15, 20 minutes ago.
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That is a fireplace with the damper closed.
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Now it's just getting all the smoke out.
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Just FYI.
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Fire copies.
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BFRIs, we're getting multiple calls on this.
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Copy that. There's just a ton of smoke left.
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Copy, are you responding?
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We're not responding.
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We weren't assigned.
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Copy.
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Yes, Mac or you're going to go ahead?
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Micro 4, M&L, next service.
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Micro 4 and service, M&L.
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Just making sure our engine 5.
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Under 5, go ahead.
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Just making sure our engine 8 already responded to this call earlier.
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Engine 5, that's affirmative.
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They say it's coming from a chimney, but we have several callers that keep calling, stating that it's a lot of smoke.
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Copy. What was the address that Engine 8 responded to?
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41st and Martin Luther King Jr. Way?
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Copy.
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Five, Engine 8 calling.
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Goat for Engine 8.
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Hey, Kai,
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we must be out of position for ALR.
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Anyways, the homeowner is lighting a Dura Flame with a damper closed.
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He just opened a damper.
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There's a ton of smoke coming out of it.
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But I guess we still have to respond.
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Engine 5 copies.
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Thank you very.
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Appreciate it.
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Location mentioned:
Martin Luther King Jr Way & 42nd St, Oakland, CA 94609
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