Battery fire at veterinary clinic prompts emergency response, Salt Lake City UT


The audio reports a fire involving a 16-cell battery at an address near a veterinary clinic. The caller said the battery cells were catching fire and asked for the fire department. A hazardous materials team was requested. The caller disconnected before giving more details.
Audio|Source: Salt Lake City / County Police, Fire and UHP
01:47
Transcript:
3444 36, Missillaneus Fire[1], 36885 West-500 South, respond on City Fire 1-75-5-5-5-1. Seventy-fire-1. And I believe it's going to be a female who's in the track, and then I'm going to double-check. is fire at 3685 west 500 cells respond on city fire 1 time of 1240 time of 1240 fire it's a 16-fired fire it's a 16-cell battery it's a 16-cell battery we did start a hazmat out of (name withheld) it's going to be hazmat 71 to respond with you send on a cell 41 It's not... When the battery cells were catching fire, that's when there would be a fire, the caller, the caller was disconnected on our call taker, they just said send fire department around the vet.
3444 36, Missillaneus Fire[1], 36885 West-500 South, respond on City Fire 1-75-5-5-5-1. Seventy-fire-1. And I believe it's going to be a female who's in the track, and then I'm going to double-check. is fire at 3685 west 500 cells respond on city fire 1 time of 1240 time of 1240 fire it's a 16-fired fire it's a 16-cell battery it's a 16-cell battery we did start a hazmat out of (name withheld) it's going to be hazmat 71 to respond with you send on a cell 41 It's not... When the battery cells were catching fire, that's when there would be a fire, the caller, the caller was disconnected on our call taker, they just said send fire department around the vet.
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Fire: Fire reported
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Location mentioned:
Near W 500 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84104
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