Steam mistaken for smoke in basement of Riverside Dr building, Covington KY
Fire & ArsonEmergency responders were sent to a building near Riverside Dr for a reported fire with smoke in the basement. Upon investigation, the smoke was found to be steam caused by a malfunctioning or exploded boiler. There was no fire or damage beyond the boiler issue.
Audio|Source: Kenton County Police and Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Part two dispatch. I'll praise this to a structure fire. We have smoke in the basement.
00:05
Cool.
00:11
Thirpon car is all.
00:13
It's clear.
00:14
That's good for.
00:18
Trick 1, do you need a line in there?
00:23
Stand by. Okay.
00:29
That's the question.
00:31
What's clear from the first?
00:56
Commandant Truck 1. They were supposed to be working on the boiler.
01:01
That's clear. I would have been here.
01:07
Attention she coming from Pover, 6, Pover 8, ambulance 8, rescue 1, and car 9, all on fireground 2. Respond for an upgrade, Structure Fire, near Riverside Dr.
01:20
Hey, Dylan, is there going to be smokers? It's going to be steam.
01:25
Counting from ambulance one, you can cancel ambulance A, we'll be on there.
01:31
Possibly steam.
01:34
Okay, I'm inside the structure now, the structure itself is clear.
01:40
Struck 1 to Cartoon is our fair steam.
01:45
Copy it's steam.
01:48
Are we going to need to continue all units or are we going to be able to handle?
01:54
We should be able to handle.
01:56
You can probably be in front of another unit to come on.
02:01
31 on 3?
02:05
Number.
02:11
Okay, just confirming it, seeing from the boiler.
02:19
Okay,
02:25
I'm sorry, they're not getting out.
02:27
Okay,
02:28
I'm sorry, they were disregarded.
02:34
Carcud dispatched.
02:36
Car two, go ahead.
02:42
Okay, we have units in the basement. We confirmed it's going to be steam from an exploded boiler possibly. There's no extension in the house.
02:50
We should be able to handle with truck one in Pumper 2-21 team.
02:54
Copy not a structure fire, steam from a lower device truck one and car two can handle.
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Location mentioned:
Near Riverside Dr, Covington, KY 41011
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