Odor investigated at nursing home found to be stove issue, St Paul MN
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a nursing home after an odor was reported near the kitchen. They detected a smell like natural gas or chemicals but found no gas leaks on their monitors. Further inspection revealed a stove with all pilot lights out. Crews worked on relighting the stove to resolve the odor issue.
Audio|Source: Saint Paul Fire
03:15
Transcript:
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Ladder 23 is at near Almond Ave. The large three-story nursing home, nothing showing Alpha, Delta.
00:14
Ladder 23 will be moving up with their monitor,
00:17
blocking almond to the east.
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Engine 23, blocking to the west.
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Letter 23 will have command.
00:30
This is probably 205.
00:33
Squad 2ndi's arriving.
00:39
What is this?
00:45
Squad 2 command.
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And this is Chief One, I'm approaching.
00:56
I get an assumed command on the Alpha side, the engine 14 is here also.
01:01
Can I get an update?
01:07
Stand by. Squad 2, Ladder 23.
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Go.
01:15
near Almond Ave and share common hallway.
01:19
If you want to stop there and monitor that first.
01:25
Copy, it will end to near Almond Ave.
01:30
Command, line 23.
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Go.
01:36
Squad 2 is going to enter near Almond Ave,
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ladder 23 is in near Almond Ave, locking us down.
01:47
Copy.
01:55
Man, lighter to maintain.
01:58
Go.
02:01
Speaking of my staff, stating they are smelling an odor outside the kitchen,
02:07
the first floor.
02:09
Made entry,
02:12
natural gas smell, more of a chemical odor.
02:18
Zero readings on our monitor.
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Copy.
02:29
2014,
02:31
you guys can go back in.
02:36
Dispatch, Medic. Medic 9, go ahead.
02:41
Can you try to do a callback? We're at near Green, and the person here didn't call or didn't know anything about it and doesn't have a daughter who would have called, so we might have the wrong address.
02:54
Copy, standby.
03:01
Command for that too.
03:04
Go ahead.
03:08
About 1% in the kitchen, we found a stove with all the pilot lights out.
03:13
We're going to work on reigniting it, so that's your panel.
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Location mentioned:
Near Almond Ave, St Paul, MN 55108
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