Apartment fire caused by phone explosion in Benton, Benton KY
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Fire & ArsonA phone exploded in an apartment at near Village Rd, Benton, causing fire and smoke. Multiple fire departments were dispatched to the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Marshall County Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
00:00
Check around 30 on all the fire department, New Jersey route to near Village Rd, apartment 208.
00:09
Caller advised his phone exploded in his apartment.
00:13
There is fire and lots of smoke.
00:15
Check for the fire, he is on the fire department.
00:17
Union, round near Village Rd,
00:20
apartment 208.
00:22
All right, his phone exploded, there is fire and smoke.
00:33
757 will be in route.
00:38
Can't fight.
00:45
The vehicle, does he still have actual fire in the room?
00:52
She advised.
00:53
The call came in third party from a neighbor.
00:56
He was yelling in the background that there was still a fire.
00:59
She was advising that there was not.
01:00
It was just smoke, so that's the only information we have at this time.
01:08
Acknowledgment / Message received.
01:10
Go ahead and page me to wait.
01:14
Acknowledgment / Message received.
01:28
Oh!
01:34
Tender South Marshal Fire Department, East Marshal Fire Department, Easton route to near Village Rd, Apartment 208 to assist security line olives.
01:46
Central 2, South Marshal Fire Department, East Marshal Fire Department,
01:51
Union Route near Village Rd, near Village Rd, Apartment 208.
01:56
Call or advice on a phone or something exploded in his apartment.
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Location mentioned:
Village Rd, Benton, KY 42025
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