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Smoke haze found in basement of Springfield homeSpringfield IL

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S 8th St, Springfield, IL 62703

Fire crews responded to a residential alarm near South 8th Street, Springfield, due to smoke detected inside a one-and-a-half-story home. They found a light haze of smoke in the basement, suspected to be caused by electrical equipment. No visible flames or injuries were reported.

Audio|Source: Sangamon County Public Safety
06:15
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 6, response to the alarm investigation near Southeast Street.
00:07
Cross streets are Wellesley Avenue and Princeton Avenue.
00:23
9471 code 30 with 1 74
00:32
226 checking status
00:36
104 606 status 104606 status
00:41
10 for 704 status
00:50
7.04108.
00:53
Tower.
00:57
Where else?
01:01
Send 4.
01:02
12 8th Street.
01:09
Cross streets are Wellesley Avenue and Princeton Avenue.
01:14
Okay.
01:17
Forty-three, fire is going to be headed over to near South 8th Street to investigate smoke in a residence as a structure fire. It is possibly electrical coming from the HVAC.
01:28
10-0-9 to you copy?
01:34
1040 copies.
01:47
We're putting on the second engine two.
01:49
You can cancel.
01:54
From control, did you copy? You can cancel.
01:57
We have engine five minutes it.
01:58
Engine six, one-story residential structure.
02:02
Richard. I'm controlling.
02:03
He's doing an engine.
02:04
I'll approve. I'll take you.
02:08
Copy engine six.
02:09
This is negative.
02:13
Control copies deaf negative.
02:15
Mr.
02:20
Six inside the house, have a white haze, going down in basements, investigate further.
02:28
Copy engine, light haze, going into the basement to investigate further.
02:36
Control slow, the time, too, on team, please.
02:44
And we've got a story and a half, a wood frame house.
02:47
We've got nothing shown from the exterior, and six main entries in the basement.
02:52
Next arriving company, look for a high right down over, for instance,
02:57
or to the south.
03:08
Go ahead.
03:11
Located Alba side front yard.
03:12
One ordinary 848840 on a white Nissan.
03:17
We've got exposures on the Bravo, Charlie, and Delta tonight.
03:22
Stand by for further.
03:27
6 engine at your leisure, you can't report.
03:31
Knot1. 191.
03:33
So if you're not answering, but you can stack this back coming out in the entrance park.
03:40
10-4[1]-877 you can disregard on park.
03:44
291, engine one, we're on seeing down south of the I.
03:46
You want to stuff there?
03:51
Come on here, engine one.
03:53
Hey,
03:55
boy, Mary, 1-0-2270.
03:58
Cut it.
04:05
Nice.
04:08
Command from 7.
04:10
400,000 9th Street for 1016.
04:13
7 once you come up to.
04:15
1016, no high-tops.
04:17
Engine 1 driver, be prepared to drop your water if you need to.
04:20
Right now we're still in investigation mode.
04:21
Engine 1, can you go to the rear of the structure? We've got a smell of electrical.
04:27
Nothing's in the basement so far.
04:32
Tomorrow.
04:34
Copy that, head to the rear.
04:35
He needs to clear the outside and show me around to that game for one a minute.
04:38
So, open that rear door,
04:40
please.
04:42
Copy, open the rear door.
04:48
Un4. 920 you can this regard.
04:53
Just come up to the scene, all of the units are level one stage.
04:59
Come on.
05:03
Ivor.
05:05
Trucker copies.
05:09
All the units are.
05:11
All units operate in the interior.
05:19
There's no one inside and there's no animals.
05:26
Anything on the outside is blatant.
05:28
Make your way inside.
05:30
826. Start on the story-to-half to make your way down the section.
05:34
You can't even appear. Granted, Carter.
05:36
Got the weather ahead and all utilities leading into the structure are cool and they look normal.
05:44
Excellent, thank you.
05:47
866, same driver.
05:49
10-4[1].
05:55
Truck 1's on scene.
05:56
Do you need us to come up there, Chief?
06:01
You are the first driving truck.
06:02
Come on up here.
06:04
Truck 2 level 1 stage.
06:08
Truck 1 copy.
06:11
Truck 2 copies.
06:12
(name withheld) from that previous call, Carl Sandberg is on the line.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement / Affirmative

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S 8th St, Springfield, IL 62703

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