Black smoke reported from chimney; no fire inside home, Catonsville MD
Fire & ArsonFire units responded to a report of black smoke coming from a home's chimney near Baltimore National Pike. Homeowners reported seeing black smoke but no active fire inside the house. No smoke or odor was noticed inside the residence. The water heater in the basement was reported hot.
Audio|Source: Howard County Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Your response on Bravo, one, box alarm[1] 8-20, 10, near Baltimore National Pike, investigate, possible fire in the chimney.
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Engine 8-1, engine 2, engine 2, 2, 2, 31, engine 31, engine 91, engine 131, truck 2, truck 7, tower 10, 8, 5, 86, battalion 2, EMS3, MS2, safety, 1, respond.
00:19
Bravo 1[2], 1753.
00:25
Okay, and (name withheld).
00:27
We're going in place in EMS3. I don't think that was right.
00:34
Correct. Are you still split?
00:38
That's correct. For the rest of the shift.
00:40
Gotcha.
00:46
China Chief 2 on Bravo 1[2]. All units have gone en route to 1-303 at Port near Baltimore National Pike for the chimney fire.
00:53
Homeowners are calling this in. Black smoke is coming from the chimney. They have no active fire going.
01:00
No smoke or odor inside the residents. They just see it coming from outside of the chimney.
01:05
And they're advising the water heat downstairs is hot.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
box alarm: Predefined structural fire assignment (multi-unit dispatch)
[2]
Bravo 1: Assigned radio channel or moderate-priority classification for coordinated law enforcement operations.
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Location mentioned:
Near Baltimore National Pike, Catonsville, MD 21228
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