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Backyard fire pit causes smoke near North Broad StElizabeth NJ

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Near N Broad St, Elizabeth, NJ 07208

Fire units responded to a smoke smell near North Broad St. Investigation found the smoke came from a backyard fire pit at a Halloween party near 821 North Broad St. No hazard was found and the call was cleared as residual smoke from the fire pit.

Audio|Source: Elizabeth Fire Department
04:30
Transcript:
00:00
Just a one lot of one engine in the area.
00:03
There's a faint odor of what burning.
00:06
I'll start canvassing street, just absent commit. Thank you.
00:12
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
00:17
No,
00:18
see, (name withheld).
00:28
The battalion's arriving north broad.
00:40
We're a rock canvas standing right now.
00:48
I receive.
00:50
The battalion's going to assume North Broad command.
00:57
This hard to see.
01:02
Line of one in command.
01:05
Command, man.
01:09
All right, we checked out near North Broad Street. This scene coming out of the building.
01:20
That was the... That was the...
01:25
That was the original call we had last time?
01:30
That was on 13 and that's up to the other end, Microsse Avenue.
01:35
We're near North Broad Street in the back of the building, the high rise here.
01:39
Coming from the scene coming from the building,
01:42
as well as the parking garage.
01:44
But it's 16.
01:47
Great Steve, that's normal.
01:50
Yeah, the caller said, smell of smoke in the area. We do have a...
01:54
Smell of smoke, but we had this before also.
02:01
Presumes up the street, check it out. I know that side street also was happy.
02:10
We took a ride down Wilder, rowing oak, and up king, no visible smoke.
02:19
Hi, Reese, leave.
02:24
Can we have a rescue on base?
02:28
Command answer.
02:31
I have a company going north for us.
02:34
Two houses down from near North Broad.
02:37
House with string lights in the rear yard.
02:40
They got some open burning in the back here.
02:42
We're looking from a street I'm staying right now.
02:46
All right,
02:49
received.
02:52
Edgy one, can you pick that up going north broad down the street from near North Broad?
03:00
Receive. On location else.
03:09
Okay, Steve.
03:10
Seems they have open burning in the backyard.
03:13
Let me investigate that, please.
03:15
Halloween party going on the rear air. I see you on Engine 1 coming to the back now.
03:22
Hi, Reese.
03:27
Command from Engine 1, confirmed fire pits in the numeric address is near North Broad.
03:35
All right, you need any other resources back there?
03:42
That's a negative.
03:44
You can reduce the assignment.
03:46
Confirmed Halloween party and just fire pit.
03:50
Great Steve.
03:52
This bad single seven friend you want.
03:58
We received making 801 offrocious signal 7 for engine 1. All the unit pickup. That's not your street.
04:20
Confirmed residual smoke from the backyard fire pit.
04:26
You can make all companies available to terminate North Rock Command.

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