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Smoke seen from chimney at Essex and Mace avenuesEssex MD

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Mace Ave & Essex Ave, Essex, MD 21221

As discussed during the dispatch call, responders reported smoke and fire coming from a chimney at the intersection of Mace Avenue and Essex Avenue in Essex, MD. The fire was later reported extinguished but flashing on and off. Units investigated the scene but found no active fire.

Audio|Heard on: Baltimore County Fire and EMS - Digital
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04:50
Transcript:
00:00
Clearbox 7-4.
00:01
Ground 231, operations will track 32, engine 71, engine 16, engine 12, engine 21 repeated multiple times.
00:09
128, quad 213, end of both 7, safety 6, reformed-structure fire at the intersection of Mace Avenue and Essex Avenue.
00:16
Operations will track 3, 2, 743.
00:19
1013. Okay, clear.
00:21
Have you clear.
00:24
PLEAR.
00:26
Alert station 12 cancels call for AMS4.
00:29
749. It's clear.
00:30
Trifix clear.
00:35
Just breathing.
00:37
She has balance problems.
00:39
She fell in the living room.
00:40
She's sitting on the floor by the front door.
00:43
Needs help getting up, not injured.
00:46
And when you arrive, she wants you to come in the back door.
00:49
We're at Lookabox.
00:50
46-20. I can eat here is one for a fire alarm at 9433 teams.
00:54
Michael and Lane, Cross Street, Supreme Room and Drive, and Fermi Avenue.
00:58
Phone on West, 744.
01:02
Right, Bill, bro.
01:07
5212 to 921 have you in Route 744?
01:14
EMS4, you can go in service hide the MS3.
01:19
Clear.
01:28
He was finding a Firebox 7-4.
01:31
Officially said fire was coming out of the chimney.
01:35
Now caller said that it's now out,
01:37
but it will do it on and off.
01:39
The 1931 in 171, you direct?
01:44
31 correct.
01:45
31 correct.
01:46
7.25.
01:52
N771 arrived in the area.
01:53
I've got a plug at Essex and Mace.
01:56
I got nothing evident in the area.
01:58
Do you have an actual address?
02:01
71 negative I do not have an address.
02:03
I just have the intersection of Mace and Essex.
02:10
13 en route.
02:13
11 having en route.
02:17
Sponic for a residential multiple.
02:20
Galler advise, say here the smoke detector, above her, it should be the condo next to her.
02:26
Also, it should be empty.
02:28
No further.
02:31
Sorry,
02:35
he's okay.
02:38
746.
02:44
We're still in the area investigating.
02:47
You can back everybody to non-emergency at this time.
02:50
We're looking for a White House.
02:51
I only have one.
02:52
You can kind of make a call back to get a better address.
02:55
Stand by.
02:59
...oprending on Firebox 7-4.
03:01
771 advise you to slow your response.
03:04
Still in the area investigating, trying to locate.
03:10
365-46 Okay,
03:14
3-7-4.
03:16
Yeah,
03:17
with (number withheld).
03:23
5 is clear?
03:28
Like 5, 747.747.
03:34
In 71, I'm going to line with the caller.
03:37
They said it's...
03:39
Going towards Eastern Tech, toward near Connolly.
03:48
You go ahead and clear your blast.
03:51
We'll continue to rescue if I got nothing in the area.
03:57
Okay, Agent 71, Collier says it's near Church of the Harbor.
04:04
Alert 41818-23 for a 6 subject of 4730, 8-year in court, crossings growth in circle, the Appleford Circle, the Adrian Village, unit 123, following west, 748.
04:19
And it's 15, I have your right, 748.
04:24
Drop 13 to 1,000.
04:28
We're at local box, 503-717,
04:31
and 556, Swamp for Wye found out of intersection of Ivyville Road and Deer Park Road, frontal west, 17.
04:37
You have anything about you?
04:42
Nah, I got something about you.
04:46
Sorry, if you check all the houses in the area, I don't even have any smoke coming out, it's jimmies.

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Mace Ave & Essex Ave, Essex, MD 21221
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