Smoke caused by burnt paper plate at Richmond apartment, Richmond VA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, emergency services responded to smoke inside an apartment building near West Grace Street, Richmond. The smoke was caused by a burnt paper plate on a stove in apartment 819. No fire was found, and the situation was resolved without injury.
Audio|Heard on: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
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03:33
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 10, engine 5, engine 6, truck 3, and battalion 2.
00:05
Fire alarm.
00:07
Near West Grace Street at Dominion Place Apartments.
00:11
Engine 10, engine 5, engine 6, truck 3, and battalion 2.
00:16
Fire alarm.
00:18
Near West Grace Street at Dominion Place Apartments.
00:22
Cross streets are North Harrison Street and Ryland Street.
00:26
On tap Channel 2.
00:28
Timeout, 0101.
00:37
Engine 12, engine 14, engine 18, truck 6, safety 1, and battalion 3.
00:43
Smoke inside a structure.
00:46
Near West Grace Street at Dominion Place Apartments.
00:50
Engine 12, engine 14, engine 18, truck 6, safety 1, and battalion 3.
00:56
Smoke inside a structure.
00:59
Near West Grace Street at Dominion Place Apartments.
01:03
Cross streets are North Harrison Street and Ryland Street.
01:07
On tap Channel 4.
01:09
Timeout, 0104.
01:15
Truck 3 is arriving.
01:18
12-story residential high-rise.
01:20
Nothing visible from the outside, will be investigating.
01:22
Have West Gray Street Command.
01:29
Truck on scene, high rise, house command, investigating for over an hour.
01:36
Other units around near West Grace, main apartment complex.
01:43
Initial calls of smoke alarm upgraded to smoke inside the structure.
01:47
Reported smoke on the eighth floor.
01:50
Units on scene for over an hour.
01:52
Command reports odors like food on the stove on the eighth floor, west hall.
02:04
Reporting smell like food on the stove on the eighth floor, west hall.
02:14
Race Street, command.
02:17
Right Street, go ahead.
02:22
Burnt paper plate on top of the stove.
02:26
Apartment 819.
02:29
Truck 3, engine, central handle.
02:32
Other companies for interim service.
02:34
Truck 3 alpha bringing a fan to the eighth floor.
02:39
Burnt paper plate on the stove.
02:42
Apartment 819, truck 3 to handle; all other units return to service.
02:52
Truck operator from Truck 3.
02:54
Do you copy pay in the east fork?
02:59
Copy.
03:05
Switchful.
03:12
Truck 3 agent commands.
03:14
Would you like me to silence the alarm?
03:21
Truck 3A, you need to be on Tack 4.
03:27
Truck 3A, command, join me to silence the alarm.
03:33
Yeah, go ahead.
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Location mentioned:
W Grace St, Richmond, VA 23220
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