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Smoke smell in apartment traced to nearby barbecueMountain View CA

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Near Villa St, Mountain View, CA 94041

A strong smell of smoke was reported in an apartment near Villa St in Mountain View. Firefighters investigated but found no smoke or flames inside the building. The smell was determined to come from someone barbecuing on a neighboring patio. There were no alarms sounding and no signs of fire in the apartment complex.

Audio|Source: Mountain View Fire
03:44
Transcript:
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Engine 51, Italian, and truck 51, respond to smoke investigation inside a structure.
00:10
At near Villa St, Atillery Apartments Mountain View, cross streets are Chiquita Avenue and Dickton Avenue.
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Person at Command 51.
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Proving Truck 51 on Command 51.
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Command 501.
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Engine 51 on Command 51.
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InJ 51, so forth.
00:44
Engine 53, Command 51.
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TIN 53, switch to command 51.
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Tendon 4. Battalion 51, your complement is in row 4, smoking, near Villa St.
01:05
Repeat advice, she's going to be an apartment 223 with smelling a strong smell of smoke coming into her apartment from an unknown unit. There was also a fire alarm blowing off that has been turned off.
01:18
The time for doing.
01:24
Command 51, Engine 51.
01:26
Ingen 51. Injave 51 is on scene, five-story apartment complex, our condo complex, nothing showing from the exterior with a low-grade parking.
01:37
We'll be investigating nothing showing from the exterior again.
01:40
We do have our own water supply.
01:42
This will be Bill Icy.
01:49
51104 on scene five story condo complex nothing shown from the exterior.
01:55
We're going to be a below-grade parking.
01:58
They have their own water supply, dashingville, I see.
02:05
And 51, but Danny, 51.
02:08
Good time, 55.
02:11
Can you go with the apartment number from the RP again?
02:15
Vita-51-223.
02:19
Copy, thanks.
02:25
Italian 51 Villa I see good we're making our way to the unit so far no smoke on the first floor we'll update when we get to the second floor also uh no evacuations residents say there was no alarm.
02:47
that's an individual copy.
02:53
Time 51 Villa I see good entry entry with the RP or made contact with the RP smell of barbecue sauce from her balcony no smoke no flames seen anywhere and no audible alarm or visual alarm going off within the vicinity.
03:26
So it sounds like maybe barbecuing from a patio or something and what caused the smokeshare?
03:37
Copy. She believes it's not even in this complex.
03:40
It's a neighboring set of buildings and it's stop going off.

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Near Villa St, Mountain View, CA 94041

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