Steam mistaken for fire at 87th and Connell, Wauwatosa WI
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to reports of smoke at a building near N 87th St and W Connell Ave in Wauwatosa. The incident was initially treated as a potential high-rise fire, but firefighters later determined that the smoke was due to a burst boiler pipe in the basement. The situation was contained without further hazard.
Audio|Heard on: Milwaukee WI Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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00:56
Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, we got a good amount of smoke.
00:04
Unknown if it's steam or what, but let's upgrade this to a high rise and I will be command on the east side of the building.
00:17
Dispatch copies large amount of smoke in the lower level upgrading to a high rise.
00:26
At eighty-seventh and Connell, dispatch copy is staging near Connell.
00:41
I appreciate your work assembling the high-rise, but we're going to cancel it.
00:44
We're going to hold the scene with myself and units 55, Tower 53, and Engine 53.
00:52
We've isolated the incident to the basement.
00:55
It was a boiler pipe that burst.
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Location mentioned:
N 87th St & W Connell Ave, Wauwatosa, WI 53226
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