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Smoke alarm caused by food on stoveVentura CA

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audio iconFire & Arson
Telephone Rd, Ventura, CA

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a smoke alarm at a four-story apartment complex on Telephone Road in Ventura. The cause was found to be food left on the stove in one apartment, with no fire. The building was ventilated and other responding units were canceled.

Audio|Heard on: Ventura County Fire - Ch 1,2,5,8
Listen to dispatch call
02:14
Transcript:
00:00
Show medic engine five en route.
00:02
MDC not working.
00:06
Ventura copies, we show you en route.
00:10
Correction, medic engine five, confirming you're responding to the structure on Telephone.
00:14
We don't show you attached.
00:17
That's affirmative.
00:18
Put medic engine five in place of 84.
00:20
Ventura copies.
00:27
Engine 84, you can cancel.
00:32
Then to medic engine four.
00:37
Medic engine four, go ahead.
00:41
The medic engine is on scene here in the four-story center hallway of the complex.
00:45
We have nothing showing with audible alarms and visual ones with members evacuating.
00:50
Medic engine four will be investigating.
00:51
Two clear.
00:54
Correction, 663.
00:59
Ventura copies medic 663, clear.
01:06
Making report 1986.
01:08
Hydrant on the west side.
01:15
Engine four copies.
01:18
This probably is burnt food on stove in apartment (number withheld).
01:22
We could go ahead and stage on the hydrant on the shelter side of the structure.
01:31
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01:40
Sheriff, medic engine four.
01:44
Medic engine four, go ahead.
01:46
Okay, the source is apartment (number withheld), food on the stove, no fire.
01:51
You could cancel the balance, just leave medic truck five for ventilation.
01:58
Ventura copies, medic truck five remain for ventilation.
02:01
Food on the stove, apartment (number withheld).
02:06
All additional can cancel.
02:13
Let it continue. You can clear.

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Telephone Rd, Ventura, CA

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