Appliance fire caused smoke in Portland home, Portland OR
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a reported structure fire near Southwest Humphrey Court in Portland. Smoke was seen coming from a gas fireplace appliance but no active fire was found. Power was isolated and the incident was cleared with no injuries.
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03:2
Transcript:
00:00
16 has Humphrey Command, and Agent 16, she is going to be investigating.
00:07
Engine 16, copy arrived to 1 straight, ordinary residence, nothing showing.
00:10
Engine 16 will be command, B.
00:12
Team will be investigating.
00:17
51 on scene.
00:19
Copy on scene at 21-37.
00:26
In engine 15, when you arrive, there's a hydrant at the intersection right before you take this right into the cul-de-sac you can just stand by on that until I get a report back here.
00:37
Engine 50, copy.
00:43
Command from Engine 16B.
00:46
We've made entry.
00:47
We have no active fire at this time.
00:49
We just have like a little bit of small lazy smoke coming from underneath a gas fireplace.
00:57
Okay, command copy that.
01:00
Just make sure there's nothing in there that we need to be worried about extending and we'll recall this when you feel comfortable with that.
01:11
Yeah, I copy that.
01:13
So we're checking for extensions right now.
01:15
The gas fireplace is in a brick enclosure.
01:20
It's almost like an electrical smell coming from the sand for the fire.
01:27
Okay, can be a copy.
01:37
Come here, copy that, and all companies just level one staging until we get a little more information here.
01:48
Bob 412 responding to a priority 6, Bravo level unknown medical problem.
01:51
One, North Center, Court Street, respond on Ops 1.
01:55
Bravo 412, responding to a priority 6, Bravo level unknown medical problem.
01:58
One, North Center Court Street, respond on Ops 1 at 2140.
02:06
Command from Engine 16B.
02:13
Hit the panel right now so we can isolate the power to the gas fireplace.
02:18
I feel comfortable with Engine 16 just handling this.
02:24
Okay, command copy that.
02:26
So dispatch, we're going to go ahead and recall this,
02:30
keeping engine 16 on scene,
02:33
and all other companies can clear,
02:36
and we'll head back to Ops 1.
02:39
This will be a recall of the Delta-level Structure Fire, 4520, Southwest Humphrey Court.
02:43
We're going to keep Engine 16 working, all of this clearing, going back to Ops 1 at 2042.
02:52
Special with a recall of the Delta Level Appliance Fire, 4520 Southwest Humphrey Court,
02:57
and keeping Engine 16 on as,
03:00
Ops 3 is clear, at 2142.
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Location mentioned:
SW Humphrey Ct, Portland, OR 97221
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