Fire crews investigate false alarm at Cranberry Township building, Butler County PA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a possible structure fire on Commonwealth Drive in Cranberry Township. After checking HVAC and furnace units for overheating or gas leaks, they found no fire or gas issues, determining it was a false alarm. The investigation included examination of rooftop equipment and furnaces, which showed no signs of fire.
Audio|Source: Butler County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
So the rooftop unit to the left of the complaint issue is running but not giving off hot air.
00:07
The front is to the right of the complaint area is running.
00:10
It is giving hot air to the exhaust.
00:13
I'm not finding anything on the gas lines around the building.
00:17
Right here at the front where the complaint was, it is a 90-degree angle.
00:21
It runs back instead of the building.
00:23
Rather than that, it runs down along the front here,
00:26
across the side and back.
00:30
Copy, so there is no way to, uh, shut that gas off then.
00:36
Yeah,
00:40
we could shut it off to the individual units, but I'm not certain that if we shut that off the Boney will start heat.
00:48
Copy. Copy.
00:54
Meet the State Police Fire Marshal. On the end of Bannam Avenue behind Rescue 3.
01:03
The City OIC can meet Fire Marshal, the end of Bannon behind 3-10.
01:13
Office from command.
01:17
Good.
01:20
Do you think we can hold it with the units on scene?
01:25
Yeah, that's question.
01:33
Hold it to the units on scene.
01:37
Affirmative.
01:42
Units alert for the possible structure fire on Commonwealth Drive, Cranberry Township, the authority to command on scene holding it to the units on scene 4 at 5.
01:56
Rob, if you're going to come down to this other roof and give them light and assist with their investigation.
02:05
Copy that.
02:11
Anchor 52-2 color two copy.
02:18
Anchor 52-2 copies. Back in service.
02:22
Back in a 406.
02:24
Man from box.
02:27
Good.
02:30
We're pulling the panels off to two furnaces up here now.
02:34
The area that you guys said was right about where I'm going to be standing at, correct?
02:40
That's affirmative.
02:44
Okay, if we can't find anything on this other furnace, but I think it might be is a furnace that's right here that's running hot.
02:50
It just might have had a bad igniter.
02:53
Maybe it pumps a little bit too much gas into it and then lit off. There's probably have an HVAC unit.
02:57
Company looking at it, though.
03:01
That's coffee.
03:05
There's definitely no burning or anything that looks like it might have been loaded up with gas on the interior.
03:15
Goff.
03:16
Go ahead.
03:20
All right,
03:24
yeah,
03:27
that's what we're going to chalk it up as.
03:30
The roof crew's coming down, and I'll have somebody right down on 2.28 truck.
03:37
That's Bobby.
03:41
Pops Matter 22, do you still have to get access to the roof here too?
03:50
I don't know where you are, but if you're on this low part of the roof, I call them off, then no.
03:55
We are on the Bravo Charlie on the high roof.
04:02
It's up to you. If you want to make access and check it out real quick you can.
04:09
Please, we'll hang and walk up and see a piece.
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Commonwealth Dr, Cranberry Township, PA
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