Fire alarm pulled after burning smell in apartment furnace, Columbia MD


Fire authorities responded to a report from a homeowner near Columbia Road who smelled burning and heard knocking noises in the furnace. The fire alarm was pulled and the building was evacuated as a precaution.
Audio|Source: Howard County Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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The Learning Back Farm 2-21 4901, Columbia Road, the house farm.
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Everett 5.1. Anywhere 5.1.
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Is anyone else supposed to be on location?
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Stand by.
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Still waiting for an answer. However, right now it's just a caller, her three daughters, and two cats on location.
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This last human reference of domestic, the caller says she's going to be by the diesel pumps.
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21 I'm out.
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Temple.
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Units respond on Bravo 1.
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Engine 2-2, engine 71, engine 9, engine 1, engine 1-141, engine 82, truck 2, truck 7, tower 10.
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Terminic 2, 25, ambulance 2, Battalion 2, Battalion 1, MS2, Safety 1.
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The address is near Columbia Road, unit K, Kilo,
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between Leighton Way and Rampart Row.
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Homeowner is advising she hears knocking in her furnace and she smells burning in her apartment.
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She pulled the fire alarm, the building, and she's evacuated.
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1.50.
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Out of time, 2, Bravo 1.
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Cunning 2.
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The exception of A2 and EMS2, all units of marketing route, units are responding near Columbia Road, unit K, Kilo.
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Comported a odor of smoke inside, possibly coming from the furnace in 159.
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