Smoke caused by HVAC work at nursing facility, Pottsville PA
Fire & ArsonSmoke was reported at York Terrace Nursing Facility near West Market Street, Pottsville City. Multiple fire units responded and partially evacuated the building. The smoke was later found to come from HVAC work installing a new heat exchanger, pushing smoke into the building from an outside vent.
Audio|Source: Schuylkill County Fire
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Transcript:
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Fire 668, District 52 for 52, 12, and 22.
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York Terrace Nursing Facility, near West Market Street, Pottsville City.
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Smoking a nursing home.
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Fire strict 68, District 52, Station 2,
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engine and truck.
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Near West Market, Pottsville City, York Terrace Nursing Home.
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Smoking a Nursing Home 1312.
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BIRC 62 for 6221, District 56 for the rescue,
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6358 station 2 on rid of assignments. York Terrace Nursing, near West Market Street, Potsville City, smoke in a nursing home, 1313.
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K68 K-168 Squad.
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In route 1314, Bravo 1, York Terrace section is being evacuated.
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It's not coming from a vent.
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It might be coming from outside.
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Apparently they're checking the rest of the area.
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The alarms were sounding while we were on the phone.
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6825, you're counting.
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6825. 6825.
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1315 smoke coming from a vent that section has been evacuated over the problem one
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96812.
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61812 61812
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61812 1315 over to Bravo 1
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335 35000 G68 68 68.
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Okay, 35.
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All right, we got HVAC sector installing a new heat exchanger.
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And that's pushed into the building from an outside van.
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Location mentioned:
Market Street W Market St, Pottsville, PA 17901
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