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Chemical odor reported near East Desmet AvenueSpokane WA

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Near E Desmet Ave, Spokane, WA 99202

Fire crews responded to reports of a strange chemical odor near East Desmet Avenue in Spokane. The caller suspected a gas leak but could not identify the source.

Audio|Source: Spokane City and County Fire / EMS Dispatch
01:51
Transcript:
00:00
Hazmat Investigation Bokan Truck 13 4824 North Normandy Street Channel City Primary Hasmat Investigation
00:15
Section 7
00:20
Pageant 7
00:27
this is just to the caller this is calling.
00:33
I can barely hear you. Can you repeat that?
00:39
We're in the area, (name withheld).
00:41
What's the caller's location?
00:44
No, the caller didn't want to give us the location, just near the intersection of Napa and Descent.
00:53
Doesn't bad. We're doing a little bit. We have a few minutes.
00:56
We'll open up.
00:58
Dispatch copies of the area.
01:04
So can't truck 13 call is requesting a premise to be checked on reporting a strange odor he describes as must-be.
01:10
He wants to know if it's a gas leak.
01:16
The 7 dispatch. Dispatch.
01:21
I called the reporting party, got the address. They are calling from near East Desmet Avenue.
01:27
Just said that there was a heavy odor.
01:29
They're assuming it was probably to the north of them, couldn't tell exactly because it's dark.
01:34
So they didn't give a good location of where it would be at.
01:37
Ask them if they could still smell it and see if they said they could still smell it, but I'm able to see anything.
01:43
Kevin's copy, yeah, we're in the area of that address. We definitely sell our H .O.
01:49
Coder, but I mean, it's fine.
01:51
It's not a shotgun.

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Location mentioned:
Near E Desmet Ave, Spokane, WA 99202
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Incident Timeline

  1. Follow-up on High Voltage Line
  2. Crews Investigate Area and Confirm Odor
  3. Caller Provides Address and Odor Details
  4. Hazmat Investigation Initiated
  5. Caller Reports Gray Smoke to the North
  6. High Voltage Line Arcing Identified
  7. Initial Fire Call for Smoke Investigation

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