Defective heater found overheating in apartment, Davenport IA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a defective baseboard heater in an apartment near West High Street was overheating due to debris inside. The heater reached dangerous temperatures, posing a potential fire hazard.
Audio|Heard on: Davenport and Quad Cities Metro Police, Fire / EMS
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02:34
Transcript:
00:00
In room 302 we've got a baseboard heater that appears to be defective and is very hot.
00:11
Yeah, I'll start a prison room.
00:14
Yeah, for all these 33-500 different, D-David-Nine, for a child that has something crawling in his ear, he was consciously breathing.
00:26
Sorry.
00:31
About 20 minutes ago, we do have a phone number, we'll call her back.
00:39
Copy, thank you, we don't have a working elevator for you here.
00:46
So.
00:50
Command from 57.
00:53
You know, 33, you can just regard, under 34.
00:57
Sound like 34, a 34, Commissioner.
00:58
Report, Commissioner.
01:04
The report is happy, thank you.
01:11
Davenport Truck 3.
01:13
This is that trapping rock at near West High Street.
01:15
The officers are out and seen this is going to be for us as a subtle subject.
01:24
Go ahead.
01:31
I have a 50 minute time check, or I'm sorry 60 minute, 6.0 minute time check.
01:41
I understand you can stop it.
01:44
Time fix. So far.
01:47
Disregarding time checks.
01:49
And then Keyholder has a five-minute ETA.
01:52
His name is Hector.
01:53
He'll be in a gray Toyota.
01:59
Command from 46776.
02:07
Go for me.
02:11
Command, we just checked the rooms here in 303.
02:15
And the outside heater in the living room, electric baseboard heater had some dryer lint that was down in there, a dryer sheet, and there's some cardboard in there, and it's running 230 degrees.
02:26
I believe this is where the issue was.
02:27
It smells the same.
02:29
Bedroom has the exact same thing, and it's running about 60 degrees, so this one has had an issue.
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Location mentioned:
W High St, Davenport, IA 52804
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