Smoke found from stove left on in apartment unit, Ellicott City MD
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Fire and maintenance crews responded to an apartment in Howard County after smoke was discovered. The smoke was caused by a stove left on in Unit 351. The area was ventilated and adjacent apartments were checked for safety.
Audio|Heard on: Howard County Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
Behind apartments coming in.
00:06
We made contact with building.
00:08
We made contact with building maintenance.
00:11
(Name withheld) led us into apartment 351.
00:14
The stove is left on.
00:17
We're airing it out now.
00:19
I believe we found the source.
00:21
Command if you made contact with building maintenance to let you into Unit 351, the stove's left on, you're airing it out now, and you believe you found the source of 2045.
00:31
Amanda Howard, we want to check the adjacent apartments as well.
00:35
You can hold it for one-on-one.
00:40
And I copy.
00:41
You're going to be checking the adjacent apartments and hold it with one-and-one.
00:45
Just confirm me, did you want to keep the channel or?
00:48
Bring it out for two.
00:54
Okay, behind our apartments command, I copy.
00:56
Subme holding with 1 and 1, Bravo 1 no longer being a monitor at all units, switch over to alpha 2.
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Howard County, MD
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