Electrical outlet fire causes smoke in Ashland home, Ashland VA
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Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a smoke incident caused by a faulty electrical outlet in a single-family home near Washington Highway in Ashland. The power was isolated, no flames or injuries were reported, and the situation was cleared.
Audio|Heard on: Hanover County Fire / EMS
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03:12
Transcript:
00:00
Clear to engine 408 and 406, 401 and 404 pick up the run.
00:04
I'm showing us the next due before station 8.
00:10
Captain.
00:11
Tax exercise, sir.
00:17
Address of near Washington Highway.
00:23
Cross streets is Cross Corner Road and Deerbourne Drive for a structure fire.
00:28
Caller viz of an outlet in the kitchen.
00:31
Heuter-sparked outlet is currently black in color.
00:34
A piece of cord is still stuck in it.
00:36
It's an electrical problem with light, smoke, no flames, single-family residential involved.
00:41
Has been reported as extinguished by the caller.
00:44
No reports of injury.
00:50
401 copy.
00:54
1244.
00:56
Inwards 403, y'all okay?
01:01
We're okay.
01:03
1244.
01:05
1244.
01:09
Secondary water source, near Washington Highway, just south of the incident.
01:19
4-1 Anna.
01:22
Engine 401. Can we show us on scene, single-story, single-family?
01:29
Something evident from the size Alpha or Delta?
01:33
We'll be out investigating establish in a minute.
01:39
Engine 4-1 arriving on the scene of a single-story, single-family structure, not but evident from Alpha or Delta-Sides.
01:46
Investigate a minute and convene in 1248.
01:53
In the 404 where I'm saying?
01:56
So for you.
01:58
Matic 406, y'all okay?
02:04
402 is on scene.
02:07
Okay, we're going to need HSO for traffic control on Route 1, both in the both directions.
02:12
I understand.
02:19
Medic 4.06, 104.
02:22
4, 6, for 10, 4.
02:24
We're going to be transporting one patient non-emergence in the moral original.
02:29
I understand.
02:30
Sure you're transporting it's 1249.
02:36
Command on 16, however.
02:39
Command, go ahead.
02:44
Your market under.
02:47
been isolated to a faulty outlet,
02:50
powers been isolated,
02:52
all units can return to service and ready.
02:55
You never got the situation under control.
02:57
I floated a faulty outlet.
03:00
Power has been isolated, 1250 hours.
03:02
I still need assistance from law enforcement.
03:08
Time for it, so you can cancel that request, thank you.
03:11
Understood, sir, 1250 hours.
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Washington Hwy, Ashland, VA 23005
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