Smoke odor reported at a university building fire, Chapel Hill NC
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire units responded to a structural fire at 160 Dental Circle in the Burnett-Womack Building on a university campus. Responders reported a smoke odor near room 5909 but found no visible flames or active alarms upon arrival.
Audio|Heard on: Orange County Fire and EMS
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03:29
Transcript:
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Engine 31, Engine 35, Engine 32, Ladder 74, Battalion 4, Medi3, EMS 11, 160 Dental Circle, Burnett-Womack Building,
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Structure fire, Engine 31, Engine 31, Engine 35, Engine 30, 2, ladder 74, Battalion 4, Medic 3, EMS 11,
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160 Dental Circle, Aspernet Womack Building.
00:27
Structure fire.
00:29
Cross Street's West Drive.
00:31
Upst 3. Time of 1849.
00:43
Medicate, move up to EMS Station 6.
00:46
Medicaid, move up to EMS Station 6.
00:59
Second.
01:06
94, into 31, into 35, in route at 1850.
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(number withheld) in route 1850.
01:16
(number withheld) in route 1850.
01:22
Communications from Medicines 9 on Ophillin.
01:31
We're going to be clear from the hospital and offline reference personnel.
01:37
69, clear and offline, 1851.
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All units in route to the structure fire,
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campus advise,
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room 5909,
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room 5909, advise it smells something burning, possibly on the face floor.
01:57
31 on the scene, got a multi-story structure, nothing visible from two sides.
02:02
Engine 31 is out and investigate.
02:04
Battalion 2 is on scene as well, have the command.
02:07
Engine 31, Battalion 2 on scene, Battalion 2 has command at 1853.
02:17
It's 35, Lufford.
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5 on scene, 1853.
02:26
Second horizontal thing.
02:30
Type 4 on scene 1854.
02:36
Incoming U.S.
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Stage on, Manning.
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Command 31.
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Go ahead.
02:48
We did have an odor of smoke on the outside.
02:51
We're making our way up now.
02:54
We have no alarms or anything going off right now.
02:59
Copy. I started smelling things even when we were on Pittsburgh Street.
03:03
I want to take a look out here as well.
03:07
Check well, I know we've had issues with buildings around this as well.
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2216.
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32116. 3211, 1835.
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Medicine,
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1835.
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Medicine from command, if you could pull behind 32, stage there.
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Location mentioned:
Dental Cir, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
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