Drone lithium battery explosion causes smoke at home, Plymouth MA
Fire & ArsonEmergency services responded to smoke at a home in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The homeowner said a lithium drone battery exploded inside and was thrown outside. Firefighters checked the house and found no fire. A battery disposal bucket was requested to handle the exploded battery.
Audio|Source: Carver Fire, Police, and EMS, Plymouth Fire/EMS, Wareham and Plympton Fire
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Transcript:
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Engine 2. Your Honor responding. Companies responding. We received two calls on this.
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First call was from a passerby who reported smoke coming from the front door.
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The second caller, the homeowner reporting a battery blew off in the house that he threw out the door, unknown about any extension possibly inside the house. He's stating the batteries now outside the residence.
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How you're going out of this?
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Lighter 3 is offered command, nothing showing,
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showing.
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Ladder 3AO, command, nothing showing. Letter 3O, command, nothing showing.
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Jellier 4 for a lot of 3.
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Letter 3 can handle.
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Line 4, Latter 3 report they can handle, you can cancel engine 2, ladder 2.
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Follow receives,
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Latter 3 can handle.
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Engine 1, engine 2, ladder 2, Vatine 4, clear returning. Letter 2, Battalion 4, clear returning.
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Another 2 from Battalion 4.
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The floor ladder, two, one back to you got a one.
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Okay. Okay.
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Three from Battalion Four.
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L3.
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Was that a lithium battery?
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It's affirmative, a small drone battery, lithium.
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Okay,
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I gotta go back to headquarters and pick up one of the battery disposal buckets for it.
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Remain on scene until I return.
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Receive.
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Plymouth, MA
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