Smoke and fire at Upper Merion power substation
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Montgomery County Fire/EMS West - Digital
04:36
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of fire outside the upper merion Substation, 176 South Warner Road, box fifty-six seventy-seven.
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Fifty-six.
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A lot of fire outside the Upper Merion Substation, 176 South Warner Road, between the Chester Valley Trail and Lafayette Road, box fifty-six seventy-seven.
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Upper Merion.
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Fifty-six, 2nd call, firearm, fire alarm.
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Building is Charlie 201 Main Street between Price Lane and Towne Square Place West.
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Box fifty-six, 200 and fifty-seven.
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Up and out.
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PECO saw smoke on the camera at the substation.
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Looking for the fire alarm at the station.
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I'm from Marion Five.
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Okay.
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Sixty 15 . Okay.
01:38
Station 59-329, a CO detector with symptoms, (number withheld) Rambler Avenue, Box 9.
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Station 59-329, a CO detector with symptoms, (number withheld) Rambler Avenue.
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North Kim Street, North Price Street, Box 9042, Pottstown.
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Chief 17, come in.
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Just giving update, we're still on scene investigating CO.
02:12
We had readings up to 700 parts per million.
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We got it narrowed down to a false positive given off in a battery charger room.
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You said, yeah, okay.
02:30
You said, okay.
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Yesterday, one patient feeling dizzy.
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They advised to evacuate.
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Thanks, 12-5, 12-3.
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12-5,
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12-3. 12-5, 12-3.
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318 unit calling.
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318-4 available.
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318-4, okay.
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13A fever, Waverly Heights Apartments, (number withheld) Waverly Road.
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313A fever, Waverly Heights Apartments, (number withheld) Waverly Road, Gladstone, Montgomery.
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We are going to be transporting.
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2323
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transporting to Addison.
03:54
Three thirty-six hemorrhaging, (number withheld) Spencer Drive.
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Three thirty-six hemorrhaging, (number withheld) Spencer Drive to Tower Court and Ellison Court.
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Goodbye.
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We gained access to one of the substation buildings.
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There's a heavy smoke condition inside.
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It looks like a lot of transformers inside the building.
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You do not need to upgrade anything at this time.
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We're verifying.
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Six zero.
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Three. We just gained access for the past 2 h .
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