Electrical fire near Zimalcrest Drive, Columbia SC
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire units responded to reports of electrical arcing near Zimalcrest Drive and Center Point Circle in Columbia. The incident may have involved an air conditioning unit shorting out and possibly igniting grass nearby.
Audio|Heard on: Lexington SC Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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Transcript:
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Engine 16, engine 13, ladder 100 and seventy-five, battalion five.
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Copy electrical arcing.
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Seven hundred sixteen, let me copy.
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Sixteen, engine 13, ladder 170, battalion five respond for an electrical arc.
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Near Zimmelcrest Drive, crossing Center Point Circle.
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Fire 1005, 1005.
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Possibly going to be an AC unit had some kind of a short.
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It's possible that the grass might be on fire at this time.
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Map page 20 of your Bible one.
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1139. Ops four.
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Location mentioned:
Zimalcrest Dr, Columbia, SC 29210
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