Smoke caused by vaping battery overheating at residence, Boonville MO
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Fire & ArsonFire and medical units responded to near Mohawk Drive after smoke was reported in a house. The source was found to be a vaping device battery overheating and smoking, with no active fire.
Audio|Heard on: Cooper County Police, Fire, and EMS
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03:36
Transcript:
00:00
Cooper County Medics, Booneville Fire,
00:05
standby for tones,
00:06
near Mohawk Drive, smoke all over the house.
00:12
2320.
00:13
I'll be very right.
00:28
Cooper County Medics, Zonesdale Fire, all call.
00:34
Respond, near Mohawk Drive.
00:38
near Mohawk Drive.
00:40
Smoke all over the house.
00:42
Smoke alarms are going off.
00:43
Husbands still in the house.
00:45
No flimpsi's what this time, 2313.
00:54
The white truck, he states he's (name withheld) with (name withheld) Auto Sales.
01:01
He was repossessing the needle.
01:06
Town will pull over at the next exit.
01:11
3.04-759.
01:19
I made contact with the desk clerk.
01:21
He was not aware of anything.
01:23
He didn't even see the vehicle there.
01:28
10-4. Woodville dispatch.
01:30
Is he going to pull over or are we going to treat this as a stolen vehicle?
01:37
He is pulling over at the 115, exit 1115.
01:42
PINPO,
01:45
I believe we've all caught up to him.
01:50
Okay.
01:52
Hi. Hi, did you get the complainant's phone number?
01:59
The pull over at the 115?
02:01
We're behind it now.
02:07
I copied.
02:09
You can leave me and I'll just start flowing that way in case he doesn't set.
02:16
Thank you very much.
02:17
Thank you very much.
02:18
Okay.
02:22
7.59-Jep, we're taking exit.
02:26
7.5-9-24. 7-9-24.
02:32
Medic to respond, Miles 6-near Mohawk Drive, near Mohawk Drive, smoke alarms going off, physical smoke, no flames at this time.
02:47
Seems that the smoking has stopped.
02:51
FAPE is in the front yard.
02:53
It was the vape and the battery smoking.
03:06
Update on near Mohawk Drive, the fire structure hall.
03:12
It is just a battery that was smoking.
03:18
The vape was plugged in and charging and that is what was smoking.
03:26
And now they are outside the house.
03:33
They are outside of their house and the vape is in the front yard and a bowl.
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Location mentioned:
Mohawk Dr, Boonville, MO 65233
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