Smoke fills apartment due to melted plastic stove fire, Cortez CO
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to an apartment at near East Empire Street in Cortez that was filled with heavy smoke but had no visible flames. Investigation found melted plastic on the stove caused the smoke. The building was checked and ventilated by emergency personnel.
Audio|Source: Montezuma County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Cortez Fire. Cortez Fire.
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Apartment 560 East Empire.
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560 East Empire, apartment number 216.
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Again, that's Department 216 for smoke investigation inside.
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Cortez Clear, 2012 to 12.
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This is Howie Con.
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Again, you're responding to Unit 16-216.
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The door is open.
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Two dogs ran out.
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The apartment is completely engulfed in smoke.
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The caller did not see active flames.
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No one is responding inside and the caller did not go in to confirm whether the apartment was empty or not.
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Richard, the time when I copied, is the building being evacuated?
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We have law enforcement on the scene.
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I'm not sure if the evacuation started or not.
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My copy.
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2015.
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For (name withheld), give us a TAC channel.
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Let's do TAC 2[1].
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Copy TAC 2[1].
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As soon as responding to Tower Economy advised law enforcement is advising that the room of the apartment is clear.
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The trial, what I copy?
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It'll be 16.
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Cortez, engine one.
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Engine one.
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Engine One is on scene, three-story apartment building, nothing showing from the outside.
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We'll be investigating, we'll establish Empire Commandment.
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Copy on Tech.
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Copy nothing showing from the outside,
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investigating Empire Commandment.
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It's 2017.
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And one on the engineer one? All right,
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Go ahead.
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I'm just a plate on the stove.
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I can't hear you.
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Dickie's advising it's plastic on the stove.
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Copy.
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Crian wants not emergent.
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That's 2021.
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Go ahead.
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Can you get an electric fan up here?
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If you look,
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go to the front of the engine, you'll see around that.
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Electric fan, I'll look in from the front of the engine.
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Captain Wun, I got you.
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Cortez, Empire's Man.
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Empire's Man.
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Had some notice, but you can't go fire if he's ventilating.
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Ten-four, twenty-twenty-four.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
TAC 2: Tactical channel 2
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Location mentioned:
E Empire St, Cortez, CO 81321
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