Smoke detected from old garage on Marsh St, Wethersfield CT

Fire & Arson

Fire crews responded to smoke and a strong oily or rubber smell from an old garage near Marsh St in Wethersfield, Connecticut. They set up command and investigated the source. Smoke was visible and getting thicker, with no active flames found. They coordinated with Public Works to access the second floor where the smoke appeared to be coming from. Crews checked the building interior and exterior, noting the smell of rubber or petroleum. The area near the truck had haze and thickening smoke, especially around the furnace area and dock tunnel on the south side. Access to some areas required a keypad code. The incident was under active investigation to locate and address the smoke source.

Audio|Source: Wethersfield Fire

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Transcript:

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Timur. 23 is responding with 4.

00:04

10 more.

00:06

Card 2 in scene.

00:15

Card 2 on scene.

00:28

Dr. 32, responding to us.

00:36

All right, too, if you looked in front on the way in the spotlight on the, uh,

00:42

on the flagpole on the front, he's in front of it.

00:45

I've been around the building once, I've seen anything.

00:52

Yeah, I do smell something.

01:00

Yeah.

01:02

Check across the street, house across the street,

01:05

or next door.

01:22

Yeah, I definitely got a pretty good taste back here, Chief,

01:26

at the old garage.

01:27

We had the spotlight here.

01:29

It would be the northeast corner.

01:36

I would smell oily like a harness or something.

01:40

Possible.

01:41

Rubber or something.

01:49

Oh, have established a command on Marstreet in the area.

01:54

Happy Carwan Establishing Command.

02:01

I think it's coming from the old garage.

02:04

I'm trying to find a stack or something, almost like a furnace blowback.

02:10

Yeah, it shows rubbery or petroleum based.

02:15

Check the... The bays make sure they've got a car going inside.

02:25

That's when it was on scene.

02:27

Command, we're at the hydrant on Martian Brake Meadow.

02:31

Do you want us to come forward?

02:34

Yeah, what do you have for a truth?

02:40

Five, three interior.

02:44

Alright, why don't you come in a yard?

02:46

About the old garage.

02:48

We got level with a hydrant.

02:49

We need to do some investigate and see we can fight.

02:58

Where we got?

03:02

Yeah, chief, right where my truck is, that's where the haze is.

03:05

It's getting thicker.

03:08

The furnace area for, like, where the dock tunnel is on the south side is all cleared.

03:12

That's where we had the problem the last time.

03:15

But there's definitely more smoke in that area right about my truck.

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Yeah, I can see in the spotlight there.

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When you get in that two-story part of the old garage?

03:31

Truck 22 is on, same.

03:37

Yeah,

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I'm going to see if my key works, if not we have to force it.

03:40

I can see in most of the bays, they're clear.

03:46

Here, Steve, 21's crew, why don't you go, uh,

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to see, uh, Assistant Chief Bignati's personal vehicle on the east side?

03:56

So you can hook up with him.

03:59

21 copies are on the yard.

04:03

Engine 31 then, the scene.

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Stage at the hydrant up on the marsh.

04:07

31 on 2.

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23 is on 2.

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So far.

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Right there, 22.

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Hold on.

04:32

May I dispatcher?

04:35

Dispatch on. Dispatch on?

04:37

Keep your call, as a public worker person on the call, just let them know we're down to their facility.

04:41

We might need them for access for the place.

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So on. So on.

04:51

520 and 2, we're in.

04:58

Okay,

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right in the second floor, there's still smoke pushing from somewhere right at that spotlight.

05:05

Check that second floor.

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There's a door with a keypad to get to that area.

05:12

You're not to force it.

05:22

Very good.

05:25

I have a representative from Public Works in Route 7-minute ETA.

05:31

Okay.

05:35

If you get them on the phone, ma'am, call myself.

05:39

(number withheld).

05:42

Get a code to keep out on the second floor.

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Copy.

05:49

Truck 32 is on the same.

05:53

Truckville respondent driver only.

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Location mentioned:

Marsh St, Wethersfield, CT 06109

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