Bicycle battery overheats causing basement smoke in house, Burlington WI
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Fire & ArsonA fire was reported in the basement of a house near West State Street. Initial concern was for a person inside, but the cause was an overheated bicycle battery producing smoke in the basement.
Audio|Heard on: Racine County Sheriff
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Transcript:
00:00
We're going to near West State Street for a reported fire in the basement.
00:05
Okay.
00:12
23.
00:15
Debbie, anyone getting word that they might have someone still in the house, in the basement they went back in.
00:29
24.
00:30
9.5.
00:32
Well, now I'll go back about half a block.
00:35
It's just a battery in the basement.
00:37
You just need somebody with some big gloves to grab it.
00:46
Pitch.
00:47
Anyway, go ahead.
00:49
It's a battery for a bicycle that is heated up.
00:54
He needs somebody with a mask to get in because the house is full of smoke, and then if they can grab it out, it'll result.
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Location mentioned:
W State St, Burlington, WI 53105
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