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Electrical issue causes smoke in apartment near Martin Luther King Jr BlvdRaleigh NC

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Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Raleigh, NC 27610

According to the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a smoke and electrical odor in an apartment near Martin Luther King Jr Blvd in Raleigh. The smoke was caused by an electrical issue inside the apartment.

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04:5
Transcript:
00:00
Case 4 around California.
00:07
Roger Dufourts on scene, (number withheld).
00:11
We have a three-story foot frame resident for drugs and measuring 50 by 100.
00:20
Page 4th Officer will have a man going to do for investigation of parking two.
00:30
headquarters coffee, Vindra 4, nothing showing.
00:37
We're approaching.
00:40
7-3, we... says PD's on the scene, we ain't seen...
00:44
we won't go back towards 7.
00:46
We don't in 30, we didn't see nothing in it.
00:48
That's what we got in our maps.
00:52
Yeah, we aren't seeing PD anywhere, and they're not on our map either.
01:00
Circle area a little bit.
01:02
We'll let you know if we find anything.
01:08
We'll come from Medax 73 on top 14.
01:16
Is PD still unseen of this call? We aren't seen him anywhere.
01:25
At near Martin Luther King Jr Blvd across MLK.
01:33
Copy, the address in our CAD is for near Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.
01:39
Okay,
01:43
for we're changing it now.
01:46
Copy, thank you.
01:47
Squat 7 on Tap 14.
01:54
Squaw 7.
01:57
So I updated the address on the call.
02:00
It's going to be near Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.
02:02
It has changed it to Engine 10's territory.
02:06
Do you want us to keep you on the call?
02:09
Just keep us on the call.
02:11
We're headed that way.
02:14
10.4.
02:21
That's 16MLK or Routly, Blue-LORN.
02:30
near Martin Luther King Jr Blvd.
02:33
Got.
02:38
Same.
02:41
73 copies we're heading that way.
02:42
73 copies we're heading that way.
02:47
730 should be the roses.
02:56
Tommy engine 18 on scene.
03:06
Dividency.
03:11
4,000.
03:18
This is what we basically have.
03:21
We are in the apartment A3.
03:24
It was an electrical smell.
03:26
We're just like a haze in there.
03:28
We're trying to look for the source now.
03:32
This is the Engine 4 and Ladder 4.
03:33
We're in Department A3 now.
03:39
Copy that. Do you need additional resources?
03:42
You feel good with one-on-one?
03:48
Let me keep lateral fold, engine foe,
03:52
and one additional engine unit for right now.
03:56
Everybody's going to turn this favorites including the MS.
04:00
Top of that. We're going to hold this with engine 4, fighter 4, engine 15.
04:04
Everybody else can return, including the MS.

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Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Raleigh, NC 27610

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