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Hazmat crews handle smoldering waste on Oak Avenue, Fresno CA

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audio iconFire & Arson
W Oak Ave, Fresno, CA 93722

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire and hazmat units responded near Oak Avenue and Wheeler in Fresno for smoldering wood chips and a hazardous waste issue. Crews confirmed no runoff concern but required additional equipment on scene.

Audio|Heard on: Fresno City Police, Fire and EMS
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01:34
Transcript:
00:00
Special call.
00:01
For Hazmat One, Engine One, Ladder One, Safety One, Zone Three Eight Five One Two.
00:08
Oak cross of Wheeler, near Oak Avenue.
00:13
Engine Fourteen's on scene requesting code two.
00:34
Go ahead for Engine Fourteen.
00:37
Engine Fourteen, do you have any details or environmental?
00:46
Black Zone Five One, did you guys dispatch get a.
00:49
Call of a welfare checkup with a male by the vitamin shop passed out.
00:55
Each one is slowly burning.
00:58
And it does not appear as though there's a runoff issue, but there is hazmat waste issue.
01:07
That area?
01:09
Copy that. The caller advised seeing a possible person passed out by a structure, private shop on the platform.
01:18
Not sure they're stopping there.
01:20
I think I know this shop.
01:21
I think look back around looking for it.
01:26
Pile of wood chips that are smoldering.
01:31
Gonna need to get somebody out here, probably some equipment.

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W Oak Ave, Fresno, CA 93722

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