Oil burner backfire causes carbon monoxide at home, Boylston MA
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Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a residence near Smallwood Circle for a reported fire. The situation was determined to be an oil burner backfire causing elevated carbon monoxide levels in the basement. Ventilation was performed and the oil burner was shut off.
Audio|Heard on: Boylston Area Police and Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Arrival, two and a half story, wood frame, nothing's showing, three sides.
00:04
We do have a hydrant right out in front of the residence.
00:09
Receive two and a half,
00:11
story, nothing showing, hydrant right in front of the residence.
00:15
Up, one on the scene, 340.
00:28
Sorry,
00:34
I learned a latter one.
00:44
File on C1.
00:47
Answering me, C1.
00:49
On scene.
00:53
C1, I have you on scene.
00:55
So, do you need any other resources to the scene?
01:03
I'll let you know.
01:05
Okay,
01:07
see that. Okay, safe that.
01:16
Call on command.
01:21
Answer in command.
01:25
Yeah,
01:27
confirmed.
01:28
We do have a haze in the basement.
01:30
This is going to be an oil burner,
01:32
backfire.
01:33
We can keep engine two coming.
01:36
We can keep engine two coming.
01:42
Heat in the basin.
01:44
It is an oil back burner.
01:46
Engine new will keep coming.
01:49
342.
01:58
Fire alarm, engine two.
02:00
What do you want to see you on?
02:05
Answering engine two.
02:08
On the air waiting crew.
02:12
Engine two, you're on the air waiting crew, 342.
02:18
Engine 2, uh, Lieutenant Hotspurkes Planet.
02:24
Command C1.
02:28
C1.
02:30
Yeah,
02:32
Deputy, I'm going to hand command off to you.
02:34
We do have elevated levels of carbon monoxide, the Basin level.
02:39
We're going to need the ventilate.
02:41
Oil burner has been shut down.
02:45
Receive, final arm from 821.
02:49
Answering 821.
02:53
821 assuming smallwood circle command from HWN.
02:57
There's an oil burner shut off.
03:01
Receive, you are now, Smallwood Circle Command, oil burner has been shut off.
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Location mentioned:
Smallwood Cir, Boylston, MA 01505
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