Cell phone fire in high school bathroom causes student illness, Colorado Springs CO
Fire & ArsonA cell phone caught fire in a bathroom at Mitchell High School. Smoke from the fire caused about seven students to feel dizzy and faint. Fire crews are ventilating the building and treating the affected students.
Audio|Source: Colorado Springs Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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I'm going to establish command. It's going to be Mitchell High School Command.
00:06
The engine 7 is Mitchell Command at 807, and we do not have a working mass casualty incident, so tell me exactly what you need.
00:18
Go to the TAS 73 and another heavy apparatus.
00:26
Copy.
00:28
An additional AMR, ALSCO2.
00:33
Copy. Engine 7 officer from Engine 7 Firefighter.
00:51
Last year, were you trying to reach command?
00:56
Command from Engine 7 Firefighter.
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Command, Joe.
01:03
No readings on the four gas in the bathroom or the hallways.
01:06
I'm coming back up.
01:09
We'll keep everyone out of the hall until we get invented out.
01:17
Mr. Sir, we have a facilities guy back here. Do you want me to bring him outside?
01:25
Dispatch for time, you're on scene.
01:28
Tiny tune, copy. When you get a chance, can you give me a size up, please?
01:32
Yeah, copy. I'm going to make contact with command. I'll give a size up, and then I'll let you know what resources I need.
01:37
Appreciate it, thank you.
01:41
This match for command, we had a cell phone that started on fire in the bathroom and several patients that were exposed to the smoke and complaining that dizziness and fainting, we have approximately seven patients.
01:53
We're working on ventilating the school and triaging patients.
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Location mentioned:
Near Potter Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80909
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