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Pot of food caused smoke in baltimore apartmentBaltimore MD

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McMechen St, Baltimore, MD 21217

According to the dispatch call, fire responders were dispatched to a smoke report in a high-rise apartment near McMechen Street. Upon investigation, the smoke source was determined to be a pot of food left on the stove in apartment 202. No fire damage was reported and the situation was handled without further incident.

Audio|Heard on: Baltimore City Fire
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04:36
Transcript:
00:00
I box alarm 13-10 operations on fire at round 1.
00:04
Engine 13, engine 8, engine 23 is writ, engine 6, engine 52, engine 36, truck 16, truck 10, rescue 1, medic 10, 9G3, 9G6, EMS3, safety officer 4, Airflex 2 respond,
00:23
301 McMechen Street near Mason and Jordan,
00:27
apartment 202.
00:29
for the structure fire.
00:33
Highbox alarm 13-10, operations on fire round 1.
00:37
engine 13, engine 8, engine 23 is writ, engine 6, engine 52, engine 36, truck 16, truck 10, rescue 1, medic 10, Italian Chief 3, Italian Chief 6,
00:51
EMS3, Safety Officer 4, Airplex 2 response,
00:55
301 McMechen Street, Apartment 202, with a high-rise construction fire at 1325.
01:05
20 12-story apartment building nothing showing agent 13 at back street command in investigating timer started 1320
01:15
Action 23, Acknowledge him, RIT.
01:19
Tension 23, RIT, 1325.
01:25
RETT,
01:26
verify your response operations on fire in row, one.
01:35
Trucks 23, Medic 5 is fine.
01:38
Medical Learn 14-33,
01:40
115 South Schroeder Street between Lemons.
01:45
Delta 1, (name withheld), 67-year-old female.
01:50
Truck 23, Medici-5 is 5, medical learn 14-33,
01:54
137.
01:57
(name withheld),
01:58
67-year-old female, 1397.
02:05
Time 3, truck can a response? They're in there front of me.
02:10
Copy, 10G3, 1927.
02:17
Medi-10-Matic 10-10, cancel your service.
02:19
Investigating apartment 202.
02:23
May a copy, 1327.
02:31
It is on Highway Tactical Box, 13-13.
02:36
Advising, investigating a part of 202,
02:39
1328.
02:41
Item 3.3,
02:45
I'm on the scene.
02:49
Make me command, units are investigating a multi-story residential high-rise reporting Apartment 202.
02:56
Section 3, copy, 1328.
03:00
It is on high-rise tactical box 13-10.
03:03
Tiny-G-3 on seam, Simmic McMeckin Street Command units investigating.
03:09
Apartment 202, high-rise residential apartment building, 1328.
03:14
Command to engine 13.
03:16
Did you have anything on the alarm panel or is there any alarm sounding inside?
03:25
Command, I do have light smoke on the second floor.
03:30
Okay, you designate a tax stairwell and a rescue stairwell, evacuation stairwell.
03:39
Tax stairwell is going to be stairwell A, rescue stairwell, stairwell B.
03:45
Looks like I got a pot of food,
03:47
an apartment 202.
03:50
Okay, I'm direct.
03:52
You want me to hold or are you going to handle?
03:57
Myself and 16 truck will handle.
04:00
You can put everybody else in service.
04:02
Move me every day one.
04:05
Yeah, copy.
04:10
Command, place the box in service.
04:12
1316 are going to handle a pot of food in Apartment 202.
04:16
13 has commanding the card.
04:18
Copy 1330. 30.
04:23
communication all units tactical box 13 dash 10 engine 13 truck 16 won't handle a pot of food department 202 all other units to cancel ongoing service switch operations say one main times 13 30

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McMechen St, Baltimore, MD 21217
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Incident Timeline

  1. Final Update: No Fire, Scene Cleared
  2. Incident Controlled, Units Released
  3. Light Smoke Located, Source Identified
  4. Units Arrive and Begin Investigation
  5. Box Alarm Dispatched for Structure Fire

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