Fire investigation finds no fire at residential building, Richmond VA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/30/2025 11:19 AM

Near W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220

Fire units responded to a report of smoke odor at a four-story residential building near West Broad St. After inspecting the building, no fire was found. The faint smell was likely caused by the heating system being turned on for the season.

Audio|Source: Richmond City Fire Dispatch

02:18

Transcript:

00:00

Right, straight into 12 is on scene. We'll be assuming Rick.

00:04

Two guys into 12 is Rick.

00:06

1419.

00:11

6 from 14. We'll take Thursday with this hydrant.

00:16

We'll take Thursday with this hydrant.

00:20

We get no fire at this time.

00:23

Very light smell.

00:25

Three copies, no fire this time, very light smell, 1420.

00:31

Command[2] from 14, nothing on the Charlie's side.

00:39

Mr. Michigan, you can show Battalion 1 on scene, 1301 West Broad.

00:43

Got a four-story type 2 residential.

00:49

36 has been completed, nothing visible from all sides. Battalion 1 will go ahead and assume Broad Street Command[2].

00:54

Engine tend to be the investigative group.

00:58

Richard and Gabby's Battalion 1 is on scene, 4-story type 2 residential structure. 360[1] complete nothing visible from all sides.

01:05

Battalion 1 House Command[2] 10 will be the investigative group, 1421.

01:11

Westboro command from an investigative group.

01:17

Westboro command, go ahead.

01:22

The odor was only concentrated,

01:25

Department 406.

01:28

The trucking entire apartment, unable to locate anything out of ordinary,

01:31

but they did cut the heat on for the first time.

01:34

I believe it could be related to the heat being cut on.

01:41

Broad Street command copy.

01:44

We'll go ahead and reduce the assignment to Engine 10, Truck 3,

01:49

and I'll transfer the command back over to you.

01:56

And Richmond copies Engine 10 and Truck 3 to handle West Broad Street. Engine 10 has command all, as may return to service, 1425 hours.

02:08

Nothing shows on the roof.

02:14

Truck 3, you are on Main Dispatcher, I have nothing shown from the roof as well.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

360: Complete 360-degree exterior size-up of the structure

[2]

Command: Incident command established/IC designation

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