Smoke detected in house near West Poplar Street, Shenandoah PA
Fire & ArsonA smoke and odor were reported near a heating unit inside a house near West Poplar Street in Shenandoah. Occupants evacuated safely. Fire units initially responded but later reported no active fire, likely caused by a malfunctioning space heater. Additional fire units were recalled or reduced their response.
Audio|Source: Schuylkill County Fire
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Transcript:
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Mr. 64, Shenando Fire, District 48, West Ends,
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District 4 Anglewood, and 3-43 fractal for your ladder.
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Near West Poplar Street,
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Shenando Borough on a house fire.
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District 64,
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48 West End,
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4-anglewood, 43 for the ladder.
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Near West Poplar Street, Shadow and a Housefire, 1600.
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64 is responding.
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All occupants are evacuating the structure.
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All occupants are evacuating the structure.
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Callers are seeing visible flames next to a heating unit inside the dwelling.
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Smoking flame is visible.
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Alpha one, then a1.
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(number withheld).
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(number withheld).
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On the road.
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(number withheld) at 1601 Alpha 1 for the operations.
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Call reporting flames and smoke visible from a heating unit inside the house.
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Everybody's evacuated.
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All right here's 64.
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Shoulda, please run a scene there saying if the heating unit inside the house, there's no active fire, just an odor or smoke.
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(number withheld).
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(number withheld).
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Put us on the road.
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Alright, 1603, Alpha 1 for the operations.
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Sounds like it's going to be downgraded here.
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Looks like a space heater.
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There's no active fire, just an odor of smoke.
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Copy additional.
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(number withheld).
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(number withheld).
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25 and 20 are in reps.
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All right, tolerance working route 16-03 alpha-1 for the operations.
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There's a space heater inside there's no active fire.
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(number withheld).
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Yep.
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Momentarily.
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Reduced rate this may need a smoke ejector.
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I fire.
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Local County,
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all units responding to Shenando, all out of town units to return to service quota available.
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It's going to be held to District 64.
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All in town units, return to service, go available.
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No need to acknowledge 16-014.
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60-4-11, county.
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6411. 6411.
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Please following.
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All right, 16404, your response,
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off the one for the operations.
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Allie, 6412.
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6412, go ahead, Jeff.
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What is responding in one location?
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All right, 1605.
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Chief 64. Yeah.
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24-4-dose.
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Chief, can I cancel EMS as well then?
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Yeah, affirmative.
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No EMS is required, you can recall them.
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You can see them on the road, just continue them at a reduced rate.
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Anybody else coming up on air, you can recall them.
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Okay, Chief, I have a pillar in the square pulling up your engines there and then 11th in route, but I pulled them to reduce their rate.
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That's fine.
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No active fire, as you were told, and just a little locked smoke detection here, but we'll be good.
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Location mentioned:
W Poplar St, Shenandoah, PA 17976
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