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Electrical fire causes smoke and sparking in house, East Chicago IN

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audio iconFire & Arson
Indianapolis Blvd, East Chicago, IN 46312

As discussed during the dispatch call, a structure fire was reported near Indianapolis Boulevard caused by an electrical issue. Smoke and sparking came from a wall plug on the second floor of a two-story house. Firefighters arrived and investigated the charred plug, working to shut off power to address the sparking.

Audio|Heard on: Lake IN Fire-Tac Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:25
Transcript:
00:00
I copy 2713 .
00:01
We're out near Indianapolis Boulevard.
00:03
Near Indianapolis Boulevard for a structure fire.
00:08
Twenty 0612 in route.
00:11
Copy 2612 in route.
00:14
Twenty 0531 in route.
00:19
Copy 2531 en route.
00:23
2521 en route.
00:25
Copy 2509.
00:28
2509 en route.
00:31
Copy.
00:34
2713 on scene,
00:36
be out investigating.
00:38
Copy.
00:44
2509, 2713.
00:46
Two-story wood-story house.
00:50
They're saying there's a plug that started smoking upstairs on the 2nd floor.
00:54
We're gonna check that out.
00:56
Copy.
01:00
2509 on scene.
01:03
Copy 2509 on scene?
01:06
2521 on scene.
01:08
Copy.
01:11
2511, copy.
01:15
All right, from 2713, we reached 2nd floor.
01:19
There is a plug looks pretty charred.
01:21
We got to get the power shut off, do it.
01:24
Still got some sparking going on.

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Location mentioned:
Indianapolis Blvd, East Chicago, IN 46312

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