Dishwasher malfunction causes smoke at airport lounge, Dulles VA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a malfunctioning dishwasher in the Etihad Lounge kitchen at Dulles International Airport produced minor smoke but no active fire. Fire units responded and found no damage or active flames.
Audio|Heard on: Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) Public Safety
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07:50
Transcript:
00:00
Building fire.
00:02
Dulles International Airport, Gate A15.
00:06
Gate A15.
00:08
On channel three charts.
00:11
All right, standby.
00:22
This.
00:28
We're from south, right, too.
00:32
Good.
00:34
We're going to be coming from a lost airport, so we're coming in to, uh,
00:38
we'll be here.
00:39
There's people coming in here a minute.
00:42
Okay.
00:50
M1, 640401 is in wherever.
00:55
Air Force, okay?
00:57
922.
00:59
Air Force fire at the time, 3-2.
01:03
The County 302.2.
01:06
If you stand by at 8.130 for escorts, please have all mutual aid report there.
01:15
Air profile okay having bd standby gate 130 all mutual eight units stage at gate one thirty nine twenty two.
01:29
two do you got a hothead are you ocean king okay thank you nine twenty three.
01:44
Pettet, the Tiger, 6-0.
01:51
Your profile, okay, 923.
01:57
If you disregard, only return one location.
02:02
Gov.
02:05
Dispastricht, 923.
02:11
Diane 302 from the MS 303.
02:17
Good.
02:20
Policy on 15th are normal conditions from the exterior.
02:28
Brother.
02:31
No,
02:33
we did have that fire alarm yesterday from Extreme PETA when they were doing some type of testing, but I don't see anything close to that either.
02:45
Roger.
02:47
Okay.
02:51
Okay.
02:53
Copy. Copy.
03:00
Connection will be investigating what a crew three.
03:14
Agent 303, I copy your last.
03:16
Airport Battalion 302.
03:18
I'm on the scene of Alpha 15.
03:20
I'll go unestablished Alpha 15 command my vehicle.
03:24
Have all mutual eight units stays gate 130.
03:35
Battalion 302 On Scene, Establishing Command, Mutilate staging at Gate 130,
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925.
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Copy on scene.
03:54
Go.
03:57
Okay,
03:59
so it is inside the Etihad Lounge back in the kitchen.
04:03
Apparently some kind of a kitchen device was overheating.
04:06
There's no fire at this point,
04:09
and I don't see any smoke but smell something.
04:12
Let me stand by for fire.
04:14
Roger.
04:19
Garage 2.
04:20
There's a,
04:22
I mean there's the same spotter up there, videotape.
04:27
24 there is no active fire if they put me fire just to check out the appliance.
04:34
coffee no active fire.
04:40
we're eating and smoking brother thank you.
04:46
no apparent damage anyway yet.
04:59
Two David thirty, two day with thirty,
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two day with thirty.
05:06
Three on two minutes.
05:10
Garage two for plane spotter is there videotaping.
05:16
Nothing wrong.
05:19
God equals.
05:23
928.
05:28
I believe it's going to be a dishwasher malfunction.
05:31
They advised when they went to shut it off, they had a little bit of smoke come up.
05:33
Smoke has dissipated.
05:35
We're working on securing the power to it now if you want to give me the electric shop in case we can't find it, and we could probably hold it with airport units.
05:45
I understand malfunctioning dishwasher.
05:50
Airport fires, command.
05:52
Command. Command.
05:56
Engine 303 is reporting mouth on malfunctioning appliance.
05:59
If we can have the electric shop reports the gate alpha 15.
06:02
We'll hold engine 303, tower 332, and Foam 320, place the remainder of the assignment service.
06:10
I'll take command of channel.
06:17
Copy closing gate.
06:21
Boarding, clear.
06:23
Copy, clear one time.
06:27
Two, David 12.
06:34
At point in the corner.
06:37
The level four,
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south corner, over back up on.
06:44
Two day five.
06:45
They usually stand by south-west corner of the garage chair.
06:53
Pass.
06:58
Clear as well, thanks.
06:59
Thank you. Thank you.
07:08
Six feet.
07:13
Three, sir, three, three, eight, up,
07:15
a arrival start after six, a travel that this vehicle.
07:19
The four six arrivals?
07:23
Can I look up?
07:28
Copy, 33.
07:33
You, uh,
07:36
do it.
07:37
It's nothing.
07:42
Two-eight units can go back in service.
07:44
We're holding airport units to gate Alpha 50.
07:50
930.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Dulles International Airport, 1 Saarinen Cir, Dulles, VA 20166
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