Smoke detected at Pottsville facility after heat exchanger install, Pottsville PA
Fire & ArsonSmoke was detected in a building near W Market St in Pottsville after a new heat exchanger was installed. One wing of the building was evacuated, and negative pressure fans were used to remove smoke. There were no visible flames, and monitoring continued to ensure safety. An alarm sounded in part of the building but was later checked with no smoke found there.
Audio|Source: Schuylkill County Fire
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Transcript:
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Out of town units hold the city units dispatched near W Market St in Pottsville with the exception of the 68 units all out-of-town units are cancelled.
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Got G60. C-60.
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Just to keep you updated, there's still fire, they put a new heat exchanger in,
00:28
created smoke into the building, the one wing is evacuated if we're going to use negative pressure fans to remove the smoke.
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Okay, 1322.
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25 command.
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Command answer.
00:53
The technician's going to finish what he's doing while we're here with the fan.
00:56
He said it might produce a little bit more smoke until he's done here.
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All right, 35 was going to get a negative pressure fence set up 6D8 with the facility manager trying to figure out a room or a doorway we can exhaust that out then we may need two fans and it's directed out.
01:24
Six days.
01:28
We should be okay with the window and there's an alarm up in the building area up in the car cross.
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But there's no smoke visible, can't smell anything inside the building at this moment.
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Anyway, as I crew with you, let them check the cock-cloth. Maintenance was up there and said they had no fire, but they didn't say anything about smoke up the cock-off. There is an alarm up there in the cock-cloth.
01:56
Okay, then if you get somebody up here and check that,
01:59
see if we can we set the alarm then. All right, yeah, just, I'm here with 35 now. There is no smoke in the cock-loss. Don't worry about that.
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Near W Market St, Pottsville, PA 17901
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