Burning electrical odor detected at hospital building, Somerville MA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a report of a burning electrical odor at Mass General Brigham hospital building. They detected a strong burning smell but found no smoke or fire. An activated duct detector likely triggered the alarm.
Audio|Source: Chelsea Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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It's going to be an activation in Unit 16, Mass General down the end.
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TOW and 100. TOW and 100.
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You swing around to the MRI building in the RRI.
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Receive.
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Okay, four to file on. Mended 4 to 400.
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400. You can follow the tower back you.
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One, please.
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Free team.
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We have command a file up.
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Okay.
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Investigating unit 16.
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We have unit number 16, 910.
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Got on the K-4.
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Number one.
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I'm in 100 at the Mass General Brigham, and they can smell like an electric burning cell.
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No one, engine floor.
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Engine four.
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Double injection on the second floor, 316.
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Yeah, we're heading up now.
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We're on the street side and definitely have an electrical barrier.
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under the power one.
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I'm getting reports that they're working on the roof on the AC system or the heating system.
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Okay, why don't you throw the stick up there and see what you can find?
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Stay in this,
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Ella.
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Byline?
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In this town here who's going to bring you guys up to the roof you want to get up there, but have them throw the bucket up also.
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Great.
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It definitely smells like a heat in order in the building.
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No smoke condition.
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No one town 100. Did you receive that?
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Yep, setting up the bucket.
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If you want to come down here with this maintenance guide, we're going to have to go up to a different entrance.
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We're going to have command of file.
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Let me answer.
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I'm going to hold all companies to be investigating the roof area.
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Holding all companies, you'll be investigating the roof area.
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104.
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Are you up in the sector floor in that unit?
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Negative, we investigated, there was nothing activated up there.
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It was a strong odor in first floor lobby.
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We're going to walk over to the DMGH.
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Okay, let me know. And that's how we're up to the group.
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One hundred so one.
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No one.
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I'm on the roof,
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there's no one up there. There's a couple of tools, but there's no one up there.
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Okay, we're coming up.
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Okay.
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Tide row for 99, Hawthorne is computer tower.
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No.
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That is a duct detector. It is activated.
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Unit 16.
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Please.
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Location mentioned:
Near Revolution Dr, Somerville, MA 02145
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