Fire crew finds low carbon monoxide from appliance in house, Lincoln NE
Fire & ArsonLincoln Fire and Rescue investigated a small one-story house near S St for possible carbon monoxide presence. They found CO readings around 15 ppm, mainly near the water heater and appliances in the basement. There was no gas leak detected, and the elevated CO was due to incomplete combustion. The situation was handled by the fire crews without further issue.
Audio|Source: Lincoln Fire and Rescue
02:16
Transcript:
00:00
Three on location, small, one-story house.
00:04
We'll fly down outside. Looks like they have a car out front too. I might go talk to the people in the car, see what's going on.
00:12
We're going to begin the investigation.
00:15
Exterior here with our forecast.
00:17
We'll be in the offense strategy and we'll have a street command.
00:24
Any complication?
00:29
Battalion 1 received, Engine 3 on location.
00:33
You've got S Street Command, offensive strategy, you're investigating an on-all location.
00:43
We spoke with the auction here. They gave me a long list of things.
00:50
Nothing indicating that they smelled anything. Just, uh... Anyway, we'll go inside, too, what we got.
01:02
Time one received on the long list.
01:08
Inside the house bell, no initial smell of gas.
01:17
Reading upstairs of CO is 15, no LEL. We're going to go to the basement, see what we got there.
01:24
All right,
01:26
update here.
01:28
We had a little bit of CO on the base, but the highest readings were kind of in the back with the water heater slash appliances area. We're just going to shut a few doors, try to eliminate possible sources,
01:43
turn on the water heater, get the flu going.
01:46
and see what we got.
01:48
I'm pretty sure this is not a gas leak as far as Kelly Allen area. Just probably an incomplete combustion going on somewhere.
01:58
I think engine three can handle.
02:00
I'll keep truck one on location just for an extra set of hands for a few minutes.
02:09
Battalion received, Engine 3 will handle the Truck 1 and Black Hills has been notified.
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Location mentioned:
S St, Lincoln, NE
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