Wood smoke odor detected on university campus, Huntsville TX
Fire & ArsonResidents and staff at Sam Houston State University reported a strong smell of wood smoke in and around Sanderson and Anderson Halls and other campus buildings. Officers investigated the area but did not find any fire source on campus. They determined the smoke was coming from outside the campus and blowing inward.
Audio|Source: Walker County Public Safety
03:42
Transcript:
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08, and our age is called from the Sanderson O'Hall area, saying that she's getting multiple reports around Sanjason O'Hall, Elliot, Belvin, if those residents also can smell it, and it's extremely strong.
00:16
That's clear. Myself and 27 will go over there and we'll check the area.
00:21
We're not finding any type of source over here by AB3 or around it.
00:25
10-4[1]. I told the RA we were already aware and we were patrolling campus.
00:31
That's what.
00:37
Oh wait, you can go ahead and clear this foot patrol for AB3 service.
00:42
Yep.
00:49
32.
00:53
I'm in there to that last call. It's going to be wood smoke. I'm going to go check the James lot around Martinez Street Service.
01:04
I want to close control for PCC 9.
01:07
Good.
01:15
On the way, I'm looking on social media,
01:18
and residents are complaining that it's really bad on the second floor, Sanderson O' Hall. I pulled cameras, and there's multiple students walking around sniffing walls.
01:30
That's clear.
01:36
Are you over there by James Asphal yet?
01:41
Do you see anything over there by Martinez Street Service?
01:47
Not so far. I'm gonna pull out of James.
01:55
That's clear.
02:00
No, it's Anderson Hall.
02:04
If you want to wait.
02:11
Good.
02:13
There's nothing up here, but I can tell the smoke is blowing in, it looks like from the northeast.
02:26
Old Byrne earlier today that I was dealing with, but I don't know where it was in the turn.
02:35
That's clear, I don't think this is going to be campus related.
02:46
Go ahead with it, he's in the dorms, you might not go to hear you.
02:50
And for the girls that were sniffed in the wall are the ones he just passed.
02:55
They're going to be in the orange sweater.
03:01
I am clear on the city's traffic.
03:07
That's clear. If you could just add it to this call slip and go ahead and call that RA back and let her know or him know so that way when they get calls they can start disseminating that information to the resident so they stop calling.
03:30
Yeah, I did appreciate you getting that information for us because we were trying to figure out if we had a building on fire.
03:40
You can clear me off the suspicious order.
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Near University Ave, Huntsville, TX 77340
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