Assault reported at motel with no fire found, Cosby TN
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AssaultLaw enforcement responded to an assault call at the Cub Motel near Cosby Highway. Smoke was seen coming from under a motel room door. Fire units arrived and found no active fire. The occupant had sealed the door with towels while smoking inside.
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Transcript:
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Central Dispatch's Cosby Fire, get you en route, near Cosby Highway, be the Cub Motel,
00:06
law enforcement is on scene, they had an assault occur,
00:10
trying to make contact with the other party in room 29.
00:13
They're not getting an answer.
00:15
It appears smoke's coming from under the door now.
00:25
Cosby fire, you copy your page.
00:49
It's Cosby Fire, get you en route, Cub Motel, near Cosby Highway, law enforcement is on scene,
00:56
had an assault occur, trying to make contact with the other party.
01:00
Got smoke coming from under the door, no answer.
01:17
Time.
01:21
You know.
01:27
Central County Fire.
01:30
Go ahead. Do you have units on scene at the Cub Motel?
01:35
Law enforcement is on scene.
01:38
Cosby Fire has not made it there yet.
01:41
Okay, what's the Sheriff's Department? I say you're up there.
01:44
The structure fire or what they got?
01:47
Right now it just looks like some smoke rolling out from under the door.
01:52
I've been up there twice today.
01:54
Disturbance from a...
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party they were having possibly something related to that.
02:00
They've not requested to send it out as a structure fire.
02:07
Okay, with one Cosby unit answer and then we'd need to be dispatched up there.
02:14
Yeah, 104. I asked law enforcement if they wanted me to send it out.
02:18
We'd be on standby.
02:22
Okay, thank you.
02:24
Engine 8 is going to be en route anyway.
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104. They just came across that they were making entry with a key.
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That's fine, just let us know by it, we're just here and headed up Cosby Highway.
02:43
Simple.
02:59
Engine 8, you guys can signal 9, they've made entry, there's no fire.
03:04
He just had all the doors stopped up with towels and they're smoking.
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Cosby Hwy, Cosby, TN 37722
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