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Smoke from chimney mistaken for wildfire near highway 18Lake Arrowhead CA

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audio iconFire & Arson
CA-18, California

According to the dispatch call, units responded to a smoke report near Highway 18 in the Cajon Pass area. Investigation found the smoke was from a residential chimney. Fire response was canceled as there was no actual fire.

Audio|Heard on: San Bernardino County - Cajon Pass USFS, BLM, CalFire
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02:49
Transcript:
00:00
Still investigating, hold the response.
00:12
Area 11X, hold your response at this time, hold your response.
00:16
Patrol 11 is in the area investigating with other engines in the area.
00:20
Still investigating so far, UK.
00:22
Hold your response.
00:29
312 317 336 33 36 336 336 1st under 2212 12 121 212 2 1 2 1 212 2 1 2 1
01:02
Highway 18, correction Highway 18.
01:05
This is a high school break.
01:09
It looks like the smoke is true from the neighborhood for Pug B or June.
01:16
7708 copies patrol 12.
01:18
Break, patrol 1170.
01:19
Now we're able to copy the road traffic from patrol 12.
01:23
Negative, can you repeat?
01:30
In the same vicinity, it looks to be a residential chimney smoke coming from that area.
01:38
Looks to be coming from the residential.
01:42
Okay, yeah, I copied.
01:44
I'm down in the area that may be chimney smoke now.
01:53
Gen 335, back of station, Tony.
02:02
Samarren, d'A, Patrol 11.
02:09
4.
02:12
Control 11, Target on.
02:16
Okay,
02:17
we've located the source of the smoke.
02:19
It will be chimney smoke coming from north of the Highway 18 in the residential area and we're canceling the response.
02:35
Only coming from a resident, no need for a four's response.
02:39
I can't advise to cancel.
02:40
Brick,
02:41
Battalion 12-12-4-0, where do you want to copy.
02:44
CERI.
02:46
CERRY. Let's go ahead and cancel.
02:47
Thank you. All right.
02:49
Copy.

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