Elevated carbon monoxide found in apartment with no gas, Decatur GA
Fire & ArsonFire crews detected high carbon monoxide levels in an apartment with only electric appliances and no obvious gas source. They are waiting for maintenance to access the apartment below to investigate further and have requested hazmat assistance to help find the source.
Audio|Source: DeKalb County Fire Rescue
01:41
Transcript:
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Hey guys, we're over here at an apartment in 21's immediate.
00:03
We picked up CO in their apartment.
00:07
When we first came in, it was all the way up into the 40s.
00:10
And we aired it out for a minute, but it's holding around 25 right now.
00:16
Their furnace's electric,
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their stove is electric.
00:21
There's nothing gas in there. We've searched for anything that could possibly have gas. We can't locate anything.
00:28
We try to make access to the apartment below us, but nobody's home, so we're waiting for maintenance.
00:33
You guys have some type of monitor or some sniffer or something that could maybe guide us to where it maybe come from?
00:44
Yeah,
00:47
you guys need to go to another tack channel. Attack 1 is being used.
00:54
104, go to attack,
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10.
01:00
Possibly out, 2968, L.A.C.C.L.A.C.C.L.A.C.C.
01:15
10-4[1]
01:19
After we aired it out for a little bit, there's nothing gas in here. All the appliances are electric furnaces electric.
01:25
So we're just trying to see if you guys have some type of meter that could help us track whatever is going on here.
01:33
Yeah we do as soon as we get clear from the fire call we can head that way.
01:39
All right 10 4 appreciate it
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10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative—message received and understood.
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Location mentioned:
Near N Decatur Rd, Decatur, GA 30033
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