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Smoke from motor fire in trash room at durham buildingDurham NC

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audio iconFire & Arson
Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705

According to the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a fire alarm near Erwin Road in Durham. They found smoke coming from a burned motor in the trash room on the ground floor next to the loading dock. The fire was extinguished with water and no injuries were reported.

Audio|Heard on: Durham City Fire
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05:40
Transcript:
00:00
We're two from engine two on scene.
00:02
A multi-story mix use.
00:04
Nothing evident in the front.
00:06
We've got visible strobes.
00:08
Out the side will be Erwin.
00:10
A hydrant in the parking lot if we needed and we go to the panel, get the panel before.
00:27
Ladder two from engine two.
00:35
Panel indicates G1 trash room.
00:42
Smokes. Smoke.
00:51
Copy that trash.
01:01
Ladder view from Mr.
01:03
We're on our way to the down floor,
01:06
which is directly below floor 1.
01:13
I can copy.
01:14
One digit.
01:25
Ladder 2 from engine 2.
01:28
We got a smoke coming from a motor in a trash system above the trash room.
01:50
We got a lot of camera with us.
01:52
We're going to upgrade and all kinds of whatever they will lose.
01:54
We don't need them.
01:58
Community patients for Mention, too.
02:28
Fire alarm, near Erwin Road.
02:41
Fire alarm, near Erwin Road, cross-off, Downing Street and South LaSalle Street, FD 20, safety, one, mobile support, one, rescue,
02:54
1, FD 8, FD 10, FD 21, QM1, Engine 5, Ladder, 11,
03:02
Engine 10, Squad 1, Engine 1, Engine 1, Quince, 7, Engine 9, Engine 14, Battalion 1 Battalion 4
03:24
We're in the Charlie side of the complex ground floor
03:28
southern hollow door open I believe we got the motor out entity is relocating this loading dock
03:41
You don't bring a fan or anything.
03:46
I think we're good on the fan.
03:52
Engine 2 from Batain 1.
04:00
Did not monitor the crawledysis dispatch at the full-trump Friday air location.
04:09
We have a fire alarm here, obviously, the trash room ground floor next to the contact there's a motor that's burned up, built the room with smoke.
04:19
We got it out with the water stand.
04:21
I don't believe there's any...
04:23
It didn't get a session of a minute.
04:24
We'll be able to be up to quickly be loved.
04:26
All right, time of then.
04:37
Ladder 2 from inch 2.
04:43
I'll be reaching about 30 seconds straight here.
04:47
Simple.
04:48
I'll see any extension.
04:50
I'm just going to check one more thing and we should be good, I think.
05:08
I'm monitoring they're going to reclared units.
05:14
Okay, I want to mention two.
05:18
Go ahead.
05:20
Just leave us whoever the closed attention is and safety two.
05:30
All right, copy that.
05:32
Let's station two units and engine five.
05:36
All of the units can clear the call MBT, including the EMS.

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Erwin Rd, Durham, NC 27705

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