Electrical fire caused by power strip at commercial building, Kensington MD
Fire & ArsonA small electrical fire occurred at a multi-story commercial building near Connecticut Avenue, caused by a malfunctioning power strip on the third floor. Smoke was reported but the fire was contained and extinguished. Fire units inspected for occupants' safety, controlled power, and checked for any medical needs before ending their response.
Audio|Source: Montgomery County MD Fire Rescue 7A4 Incident 10
06:34
Transcript:
00:00
Continue to responding near Connecticut Avenue.
00:04
Got a four-story commercial office building with underground parking.
00:12
Operating right out of permanent engine, 05, and aerial tower 17 for flames from an outlet.
00:22
Radio Unstake your sound fusion and exactly stage.
00:27
Oh, it's now the station a terminal post in my vehicle,
00:30
Friday.
00:37
Permit again 705. I'm going to go ahead and make you the Division 3 supervisor be yourself in Tower 718.
00:46
And do you have any status of occupants?
00:52
Division 3 to command.
00:56
Go ahead, Division 3.
01:02
All right, confirming 320 was a power strip plugged into a floor outlet,
01:10
then isolated.
01:11
Just try to confirm, see how we're going to move a little bit of this smoke.
01:17
Building system occupants that they activated it, however, I do not have an activated alarm in the building.
01:25
Just had one of the units, check the most care panel on that backside.
01:34
And do you have any concerns with patients when you're needing the EMS?
01:43
We're in Division 3.
01:50
Anybody outside who have activated.
01:55
But again,
01:56
just a minor smoke unit 320.
02:03
And command the rest is clock 742.
02:06
Go and try to make it a tough number.
02:09
What utilities you want to control?
02:11
Come on,
02:16
I look for the main panel right now.
02:19
It was a power strip into a floor outlet and that's been isolated.
02:29
Everybody can't just 718 to command.
02:35
Go ahead.
02:38
Couple things.
02:39
Six stories in the rear, bottom two being a parking garage.
02:42
Nothing evident.
02:44
The lowest level is clear.
02:45
I'm currently on the back deck on side, Charlie, with a bunch of the evacuated occupants check-in for injuries.
02:56
Bobby, let me know he need the EMF unit back there.
03:01
I'm driving.
03:03
Ronald Gregory, Command, it has been 10 minutes of dispatch.
03:10
All right, Mike, I just have a birthday command.
03:13
We're established the AB Corps.
03:16
It's going to be theirself, rushing spot 7.1, Bravo,
03:25
Truck 706,
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and the 7.2 top the ALF 742.
03:35
Division 3, command.
03:39
Go ahead, Division 3.
03:45
Occupants,
03:46
if anybody has keys.
03:49
Again, isolated through the power strip, however,
03:53
some of the doors on this floor are locked, just to try to find an electrical panel, see if something trips.
04:05
I copy all work on that for you, Command Team Paramedic Edm 1718, any of those documents like they're a building manager or maintenance.
04:16
Negative on that, but I do have somebody here with some keys on the third floor. I will send them up.
04:24
I got me. Command D, RISC, on 7.4-2.
04:40
You gotta, I'm sorry,
04:42
you assist with controlling power to the building.
04:48
I mean, we're on the side, huh?
04:52
Do you want to, we'll go?
04:59
Hey,
05:01
if you can try to see if you can isolate power to, uh, release.
05:06
Amount of space occupied use of the room, the office, or the floor.
05:10
See if you can work that out for Division 3.
05:17
And Command 2, Division 3, Public 10705.
05:23
All right, both for the Mission 3.
05:26
Okay.
05:29
You have a recommendation.
05:32
If you need all of the assignment, are you okay with two and one?
05:38
Yeah, I'm fine with two and one.
05:40
And again, I'm pretty confident it was a failure of the power shift.
05:45
However, I just want to confirm that no breakers would click on the third floor. I'm not necessarily trying to take the power off the third floor.
05:57
I copy and Perman again 1718 is sending a soul from the property to assist you with getting access to the rooms on the third floor
06:12
Sentencing units operating near Connecticut Avenue, at a small fire malfunctioning power strip under 3rd Street. I'm going to hold this with Paramedic Engine 705, Petteman 721, Rescue Squad 742.
06:29
Remain their units can pack with them and turn the service and ready.
06:33
And governing command is terminated.
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Location mentioned:
Near Connecticut Ave, Kensington, MD 20895
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