Electrical issue causes alarm at Baldwin residence, Baldwin WI
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Fire & ArsonA resident near Cedar Street in Baldwin reported hearing a pop and smelling natural gas inside a unit. They evacuated the building. Emergency responders discovered the cause was an electrical issue where a circuit breaker for the water heater had tripped, not a gas leak.
Audio|Heard on: St Croix County Sheriff, Fire and EMS, State Patrol Eau Claire Post
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03:22
Transcript:
00:00
First page for United Fire, and Baldwin-Medic respond.
00:04
In the village of Baldwin,
00:06
420 Cedar Street unit number B in Boy,
00:11
19. 420 Cedar Street Unit B-Boy 19.
00:15
Resident reported hearing a pop,
00:20
and smelled natural gas inside the building.
00:24
She evacuated the premises. Current temperature is 12 degrees and wind is out of the east at one mile per hour for United Fire and Baldwin Medic, your first page at 2012.
00:42
4615 dispatch, can you repeat that unit number?
00:48
B as in Boy 19
00:55
You can clear us from the transfer and show us en route to the fuel leak medic on board.
01:01
It'll be medic 54.
01:02
10 4.
01:05
At 2013.
01:14
Second page for United Fire being requested at 420 Cedar Street, 420 Cedar Street Unit B as in Boy 19.
01:22
B as a boy 19 for a female reporting that she heard a pop, no, it sounds like natural gas.
01:28
Your second page is clear in 2013.
01:37
5221 dispatch.
01:45
15241 we're clear westfield and road to children's
01:51
5041 a children's 240 241 of children's 240
01:58
406-15 does that driving 1023
02:03
2023 only 15
02:05
United Fire, Baldwin Station, the Dispatch.
02:10
Baldwin Station.
02:14
We'll be en route.
02:18
In row 2017.
02:25
46-13. 46-03, dispatch.
02:31
46-03. 46-3.
02:34
Update for fire.
02:36
It's not a natural gas issue, it's an electrical issue, the circuit breaker for the water heater pops.
02:41
Sanford, 2018.
02:48
Switch to Baldwin Station.
02:52
Go ahead, dispatch.
02:55
Per law enforcement, it is an electrical issue, one of the circuit breakers popped.
03:06
Forty-two-25 is much.
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Forty-two-25.
03:17
Curries here, right, is it.
03:19
The address I just put on the card, and my miles are also on the card.
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Location mentioned:
Cedar St b, Baldwin, WI 54002
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