Laundry room dryer overheats causing smoke in apartment, Kingsburg CA


A report of smoke from the laundry room near the leasing office at an apartment complex prompted a fire response. Firefighters investigated and found the smoke was caused by an overheated dryer, not a fire.
Audio|Source: Eastern Fresno County Fire Dispatch (includes Selma, Sanger, Kingsburg and Reedley)
06:30
Transcript:
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Apartment fire for engine 141, 1111,
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110, 83, 71, Chief 140,
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Zone E3-3, Harold Crossup Academy, near Harold St.
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Meeting apartment fire for engine 1411-117183, 2.140 Zone E3, Harold Cross of Academy, near Harold St, Kingsburg Villa.
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So, advising, it's going to be located at the laundry room by the leasing office.
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They advise smoke is coming.
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Operations will be on Kingsburg Fire 1.
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First time will be the Harold Command.
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I don't want to copy that.
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16.
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Good.
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I'm around a couple blocks in the area in the alleys and I don't see any waivers.
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42, copy.
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8504 responding. 8504 responding.
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1004, copy.
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Fresno S301, you can downgrade the incoming unit to code two.
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Copy break, medic 310, Fresno, downgrade code 2 per 01.
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Great family, copy downgrade.
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Prairie 3 traffic.
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Rosebud, 5-0, so you have a step.
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Do you have a cell service for the fire calls for us?
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One.
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One, go ahead.
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One way or clear, stand by H&HQ for Logo.
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Copy night.
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Only one copy.
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You have a wonderful night.
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Hello, Center out, Community Majors.
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It will be in the area of Butler and Sear at the Sierra Vista Healthcare.
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Again 820.
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Injury320. There's no engine 141.
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Medic 145-178 and 101.
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You guys are all going to be canceled.
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approximately 1,000 square feet without investigating.
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They're advising it looks like a Waltham road doesn't go all the way through from that end.
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You are going to have to loop back around on Road 222 to Bondi B and access from that side.
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The United Party 2.
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Brighmetic 113.13, area of an easing prison.
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President.
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Harold Command.
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Harold Command, go ahead.
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Got a light cave coming from the laundry room.
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Go to reduce all-encoming code two.
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Give me one additional engine to assist the investigation.
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President Hall 552, priority 3 to Selma with one.
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D3, if you could continue when you arrive.
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A3.
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Academic 113, confirm response.
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Turn up the firm.
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Okay,
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happy. It's going to be priority to 315 East Neve Avenue with the Woodward Executive Estates number 14.
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Communication, engine 71 responding.
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Ingers 71 responding.
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Inger 71 responding.
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Inger 71, you can reduce Code 2[1] and continue.
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Communications at 8.3.
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Break parallel by T's A33 at the defense plan.
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23, Harold I.C.
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If you come in with investigation, I believe it's going to be an over-headed, over-eated spain with the dryers.
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Go to say, God.
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Got me.
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Probably no, Harold IC.
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No,
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they should go ahead.
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Can't handle with unit got seen.
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You can have one unit covered in two.
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Now I see you copy.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Code 2: Urgent, non-emergency response without lights or siren; proceed promptly but not at emergency speed.
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Location mentioned:
Near Harold St, Kingsburg, CA 93631
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