House fire caused by water heater malfunction, Hagerstown MD
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a house fire with smoke was reported near East Franklin Street and Mulberry Street. Fire command was established and an investigation suggested the cause was a water heater malfunction.
Audio|Heard on: Washington County Fire and EMS - Digital
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05:36
Transcript:
00:00
Near East Franklin Street.
00:30
130 East Franklin Street, house fire.
00:34
Tensers 1, 2, 3,
00:36
4.
00:37
Truck 3, truck 3, truck 4.
00:40
Max 754 is responding, but 9-23, safety, 200 respond.
00:44
Tack 1 off, 732.
00:51
Washington was 9-304 is responding with 1.
00:56
Lieutenant 304-1, 733.
01:04
Agent 1 from Battalion 3, your hydrant is going to be north of Mulberry in your strength.
01:11
Major, I've got to be going to Mulberry if you're Frank.
01:18
Launching Battalion 3.
01:21
Go ahead.
01:24
This will call smoke in the apartment.
01:28
The second call at the same address from the landlord calling on behalf of the (name withheld), reporting a water heater malfunction, probably related.
01:37
Okay.
01:44
5401, sent on GPS for one.
01:49
Show us in service from the box.
01:56
Okay.
02:00
I'll go ahead and place this back out of service maintenance.
02:05
We'll do.
02:17
How can you fetch?
02:20
Uh,
02:21
no, you need to move.
02:29
We'll see a farmer.
02:35
How much things I can get?
02:39
All right, we're probably going to need to move forward if you can pick up, two lines.
02:46
No apartment number.
02:48
It'd be second floor, though.
02:54
...Mashton Mottisie 3 on cam from the engine one over the three store.
02:59
I'll be establishing East Franklin Street command at the corner of Mulberry and Franklin on the south side of the street.
03:09
Team Italian key 3 established in commandant, Marlbury and Franklin.
03:13
736.
03:19
Engine two, the officer, you will have the investigation.
03:30
Watch the engine pods on scene.
03:32
I'm staging off the ball back.
03:36
T-engine five.
03:39
Three and four.
03:46
I'll be on the scene.
03:48
Lieutenant three of four.
03:49
When you get situated, if you could give me a side-charler report.
03:57
Washington from the man, if you could get fire police out here,
04:02
we could step out Mulberry East and Franklin at King.
04:11
Locked in copies.
04:12
We did L.U.A. 2 coming on here now.
04:20
731 is on the phone.
04:23
Halsey, N. 31.
04:25
Okay, but I got 14 and a walk so far from here.
04:35
Response check, safety 200.
04:42
Man, you have two in the rear, nothing, I have limited access.
04:54
Investigation from command.
04:56
Can you even update?
04:59
Yes, sir.
05:01
Concurrent with the water here.
05:03
We located to the breaker box, we're going to terminate power to it.
05:10
Okay.
05:11
Can we hold two in one?
05:15
Can we pre-do your last?
05:19
Can we congregate the two and one?
05:22
Department.
05:25
Okay, Washington from East Franklin Street Command.
05:27
I'll be holding engine one and two,
05:29
the first arriving truck,
05:32
and myself,
05:34
the remainder of the ballot truck, charge of service.
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Location mentioned:
E Franklin St, Hagerstown, MD 21740
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