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Smoke odor reported at Ellicott City apartment buildingEllicott City MD

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Park View at, 8720 Ridge Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21043

Fire units responded to an odor of smoke reported on the fourth floor of a four-story apartment building near Ridge Road at Park View in Ellicott City. No visible fire was found during the investigation.

Audio|Heard on: Howard County Police, Fire and EMS
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01:44
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 2-2, engine 9-1, engine 1-4-1, truck 2, ambulance 26.
00:04
Battalion Chief 2, Safety 1.
00:06
Respond to near Ridge Road.
00:09
Odor of smoke reported on the fourth floor at Park View at Ellicott City,
00:14
on Bravo One, 1818.
00:17
Said one's clear to the hospital? Sure.
00:23
Eighth five, hard.
00:25
Eighthap.
00:29
Are we closer to two-six to that Park Fico?
00:35
That's negative, I believe 2.6 is pulling on location based on IVL.
00:39
Okay.
00:41
Type 3-1-4-1-10-4.
00:42
10-4. 10-4.
00:46
5-1. Can you copy a tag number.
00:52
Can you write?
00:54
EMS-2-Hired.
00:56
EMS2. There were 5-1.
00:57
Can you please Howard and reroute.
01:02
All units, Howard is on reroute.
01:04
Howard's on reroute at 18-12.
01:07
The three Frank Howard, 8519, should be shown on a silver Cadillac.
01:13
Howard, two, battalion, two, all units have been worth is responding.
01:17
Three Frank, Howard,
01:18
85, 89.
01:20
Howard, all units in the station on the air.
01:23
Be advised Howard County General is on reroute.
01:25
We're County General's on rerout at 1820 hours.
01:28
All units, Howard.
01:31
Tenet. Ten, four.
01:32
Three, Frank Howard, eight, five, one, nine.
01:34
Ten four.
01:35
We're on location.
01:37
Got a four-story apartment complex.
01:39
I got nothing showing.
01:40
We'll be dressing out and then investigating.
01:43
I'm directly 1820.

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Location mentioned:
Park View at, 8720 Ridge Rd, Ellicott City, MD 21043
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  3. Command Established and Investigation
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