Lithium battery explosion damages mobile home in Charlotte, Charlotte NC
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a lithium battery explosion inside a mobile home near Fayette Road in Charlotte. The explosion burned a hole in the carpet and damaged some walls. No one was injured and the fire was not burning when crews arrived. Fire investigators were notified to look into the cause.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
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Transcript:
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Going out to near Fayette Road, caller's first party on scene advising that they had a lithium battery inside of their mobile home that had exploded. It burned a hole through the carpet and burned some of the walls.
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Nobody's injured. Nothing's no longer burning.
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And Evac is in progress.
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Belmont Engine 43 is in route, what's our channel?
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Belmont Engine 43, Megawks, 6 for traffic.
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What's next about?
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Squad 2, Cappy, on scene with command investigating.
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Enzy 42, I'm seeing P.T's all seen.
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We'll be in bedway, surely.
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Kenboarded 4040.
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Arrow, command center.
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Command switchback, off-6.
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Arrow, command center.
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Go ahead, command.
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Control time, I'm going to hold Westmac.
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Central all units responding, 9-2-3-2-2-2-2. Control time per command, 2232, holding with Westmec.
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Stokely one, Throes.
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Bell is clear.
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Truck to the same traffic.
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Stokely, Bellmont, Coffee, clear.
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Command Central.
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Go ahead, command.
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Can you give me a home duty fire marshal on this channel?
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That's ten-four. Stand by.
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West Mike, 1103, 1103, when notified, you should be up in a second.
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Got it.
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That's my command 1103.03.
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1103 is 4-2.
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We had a small AMI on battery explosion.
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It occurred hours earlier.
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Batteries go to touch, I was left it stood on the wall in the burn carpet.
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You need to come out there for that?
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No,
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I don't even want, but can you,
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is there any data on the battery as far as like a manufacturer or cereal or anything like that?
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I actually got all the bunch of bits and pieces,
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but I can try to figure out some for you.
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No,
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don't try. If you have something else fine, if not, no big deal.
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If you don't need to cause an origin, I think we're good.
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Robert, thanks sir.
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