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Electrical fire at Hampshire High School water heater, Romney WV

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Near Trojan Way, Romney, WV 26757

An electrical fire started inside a hot water heater at Hampshire High School, causing active flames and smoke on the first floor. Several fire companies were dispatched to respond to the fire and access was made through the office side of the building.

Audio|Source: Mineral County Public Safety and Amateur Repeaters
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Transcript:
00:00
Here if there's a fire to hospital.
00:03
Okay,
00:05
you're proposing there's a fire at the high school?
00:08
We have the hot water heater.
00:11
There was fire at the hot water heater.
00:13
We do new fire come.
00:15
I see flames inside of the hot water heater,
00:19
but they're not exposed to that yet.
00:54
Company 1, Company 3,
00:56
Company 3, Company 40 Fire.
00:58
It's Tower 38, Squad 37, BMF-11, PMFN.
01:02
Your First Alert, Hampshire High School, for Active Fire at the East Hot Water heater.
01:09
Alert time (number withheld).
01:15
Company 47, Company 38, Detroit,
01:19
Hampshire County.
01:26
One that's two.
01:33
Company 37, company 38, New York,
01:37
New York, Hampshire High School,
01:39
Southern Applyance Fire.
01:41
Squad 37, 38, do your first alert, called 37.
01:51
Which building?
01:53
At the high school, the main building, upstairs or downstairs? Chief Ten, Chief One.
02:02
You have active smoke condition on the first floor.
02:04
Make access from the office side of the building just behind my truck.
02:08
Left room for the tower and the engine.
02:12
Copy that. I'm going through the stoplight, heading to the station.
02:17
It is an active electrical fire inside that water heater.
02:21
Still actively burning.
02:22
Just stretch me a line from the opposite side through the alpha door.
02:27
It's the main room.
02:30
Okay, copy that.
02:32
Stretch and a line.

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Near Trojan Way, Romney, WV 26757

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