Smoke and electrical odor reported in two-story house, Mays Chapel MD
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, an odor of smoke and electrical smell was reported inside a two-story house near West Timonium Road. The caller saw smoke that dissipated after opening a window. Fire units investigated but found no visible fire.
Audio|Heard on: Baltimore MD Fire-Tac Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Units operating on firebox 17-5.
00:03
Caller advised they returned home from the gym, can smell and see smoke.
00:06
Opened the window and it cleared out.
00:08
Smells electrical.
00:10
Deputy chief 4,
00:12
engine 17 are you direct?
00:15
Received.
00:17
1600.
00:19
1700.
00:21
1600.
00:23
Seventeen from one, where are you going to drop that?
00:27
Second engine, stage at a hydrant at Pine Valley and West Timonium.
00:31
I'm showing it up along driveway on the other side of the street.
00:36
Okay.
00:39
Seventeen drive, two-story single-family dwelling, nothing happening from the outside.
00:43
Just have all the units stage out on West Timonium.
00:46
17, direct.
00:52
Units operating on fire box 17-5.
00:55
And 17, advise nothing evident.
00:57
Stay down on West Timonium Road.
01:00
Power 17, 1604.
01:07
Dispatch, this is 17.
01:09
Use that command as Command.
01:10
360, nothing evident.
01:12
We're trying to make contact with the homeowner now.
01:14
You can slow everybody else, non-emergency.
01:17
Engine 17,
01:19
1605.
01:21
Engine 301, station.
01:24
To 301, 1605.
01:30
Units responding to fire box 17-5, slow your response to non-emergency.
01:35
Dispatch from command, update the address to near Pine Valley Dr.
01:38
We made contact with the homeowner.
01:42
1606.
01:44
Engine 101, arrive station.
01:47
5101, 1606.
01:50
Engine 1, arrive, they don't have a plug.
01:53
Engine 1, 1606.
01:57
Dispatch from command, investigating electrical odor.
01:59
You can hold it to the engine and tower.
02:00
We'll go back to central.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
W Timonium Rd & Pine Valley Dr, Mays Chapel, MD 21093
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