Broken sprinkler causes flooding in apartment building, Biltmore Forest NC
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a broken sprinkler head caused water to flood several apartments in a multi-story residential building near Hilltop Road. Fire crews responded to investigate and later received a report of a gas leak at the same location.
Audio|Heard on: Buncombe County Fire
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02:47
Transcript:
00:00
Tom's engine six more on scene.
00:01
Got a four-story, multi-leveling,
00:04
nothing showing from four sides, out for investigation.
00:09
Copy that on scene of a four-story multi-family dwell, and nothing shown from four sides will be out to investigate near Hilltop Road.
00:19
Copy light or six on scene.
00:26
Tom's Chief Six is on thing.
00:29
Copy Chief Six is on-tham.
00:31
Copy Chief Six, 1927.
00:39
Com's engine 6-1.
00:41
Engine 6-1, go ahead.
00:44
We have a water flow due to a broken sprang overhead.
00:50
Water flow due to the broken sprinkler overhead.
01:01
Ladder 6 and 196 on Division 2, par 4.
01:06
Apartment flooded.
01:09
Copy that Ladder 6, we'll be on fire distress.
01:16
Working 10, strengthening routine mission.
01:20
Copy that routine division, 929.
01:22
Next, 17, sirs, come back fire to stretch.
01:25
After that, 1930.
01:33
Go ahead.
01:37
Whenever he's ready, we're ready for the fire marshal to do this truck.
01:45
Coss and G6 will show us Unlock and Unlocking and Outbox.
01:52
Call some Chiefsake.
01:56
Communications, engine 42 that's our starting to happen.
02:00
Okay, engine 42.
02:06
Calls and G6.
02:07
Cog some Chiefs, please.
02:09
C6, go ahead.
02:13
I'm also just to advise you, we have a busted sprinkler head in one of the rooms here.
02:17
We've got a couple of rooms that are flooded because of it.
02:20
Copy up.
02:26
Station is in one district four,
02:28
perfect athlete, hilltop road.
02:34
Station 21 District 4 Port of a gas leak near Hilltop Road.
02:40
Station 21 District 4, Port of a gas leak near Hilltop Road, Westwood Road, Lear Cross Street, Fire Deaths Match in 1935.
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Location mentioned:
Hilltop Rd, Biltmore Forest, NC 28803
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