Fire units find heat damage but no active fire in unit, Colorado Springs CO
Fire & ArsonFire units responded to 3395 East Fountain Boulevard after reports of a burnt smell. They found heat and friction damage in a unit caused by a missing set screw on a bearing, but no active fire or smoke. The power was shut off and remaining smoke was ventilated as a precaution.
Audio|Source: Colorado Springs Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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So right next to where the bucket is that first unit, we're just getting a slight odor of like a burnt belt potentially.
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But no obvious smoke, but you can smell it in this unit.
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Copy that that's the same we were getting inside.
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And it's still running.
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Copy stage 2323 and we are still working on finding out where the apartment is.
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And towel and ladders, the unit that has the odor coming from it, the power has been shut off, the unit is now off.
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Copy.
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From dispatch, we do have an address change. It's going to be 3395 East Fountain Boulevard.
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This is a copy.
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...companes from command continue to stand by. We think we are isolated that this is going to be near Fountain Boulevard, but we're just going to confirm.
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2nd4, truck 8 at 1570, North Newport Road, unit 409 is the Spring Hill Suites for PD-Repress Medical Code 3.
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AMR 53 responding with talk 8 from Plotland.
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Copy.
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For dispatch AMR 49 states with Virginia School.
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Copy.
01:45
Copy.
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Sorry, responding, 2328. 2328.
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Tower 1 for commandant.
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Go for command.
02:06
Yeah,
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it looks like we've isolated it to this unit right above the area where we inside the front door.
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There's a set screw missing off of the bearing and it's kind of wobbling in there.
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Built up a little bit of heat and friction on that fell.
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Copy that. All other units from command. We can go ahead and release everybody. We're going to keep truck one and engine three on here to evacuate to smoke. All other companies can go back in service.
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Dispatch from command, we can go on monitor. We're just going to keep four per couple more minutes.
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Location mentioned:
Near E Fountain Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO 80910
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