Washing machine fire extinguished in condo building, West Hartford CT
Firefighters responded to a fire alarm at a condominium building near Kane St. They found a washing machine on fire on the first floor and quickly extinguished it. The building was then ventilated to remove smoke.
Audio|Source: West Hartford Police, Fire and EMS
01:57
Transcript:
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Squad 1, truck 3, engine 2, medic 22, and car 4.
00:05
You're all responding for the heavy box alarm near Kane St, the Westwood condos, coming in as a first floor fire alarm activation.
00:15
Squad 1, truck 3, engine 2, medic 22, and car 4 for the heavy box alarm, near Kane St.
00:23
Your timeout is 2010.
00:24
You can operate on fire incident 1[1].
00:27
We're at 5 or 9.
00:28
You guys going up the other staircase, you're coming back up this one.
00:32
We're on the third floor.
00:34
No.
00:39
All in the location, 4-story, brick, multifamily,
00:43
nothing showing from three sides.
00:44
Swad will have command.
00:45
We're investigating.
00:47
Roosies.
01:00
Squad one.
01:03
Confirming 9-0.
01:10
That is what the alarm company calls it in as.
01:14
Risi.
01:20
Command all incoming, we got smoke on the first floor.
01:24
Washer's on fire.
01:32
24,000.
01:35
Command DisRex, do you copy, we got a smoke condition on the first floor?
01:40
Do it. Okay, I could copy a washer on the first floor on fire.
01:51
Fire's out.
01:53
We have been to ventilate.
01:55
I'll take one in one, you get him to limit to the rest.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
fire incident 1: Primary fire operations radio channel for incident communications.
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Location mentioned:
Near 100, 136, 140 Kane St, West Hartford, CT 06119
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