Water heater smoking in apartment causes fire response, Gainesville FL
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire responders were called to an apartment at Southeast 2nd Avenue due to a smoking water heater in the laundry room. There were no flames or fire hazards, and the power to the water heater was secured. The resident will contact the landlord to replace the faulty appliance.
Audio|Heard on: Gainesville Police and Alachua Fire
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04:41
Transcript:
00:00
This is here at (number withheld) for notification, Signal 25.
00:04
November 4, truly 97.
00:07
1090. All back, I'm in the air.
00:09
Thank you to respondent.
00:12
You want to respondent.
00:18
Signal 25405, Southeast 2nd Avenue apartment, 11, fires in round.
00:26
25 from response off 5-5-0-5.
00:29
Corrects Nouth 4-4.
00:34
He's 1 into 2 into 3.
00:36
Squad 1, Tower 1, Tower 2, Battalion 2nd, District 1, Rescue 31,
00:42
Residential structure fire, 405, Southeast 2nd Avenue, 405.
00:46
Southeast 2nd Avenue, Apartment 11.
00:49
We're 997. I don't see any smoke.
00:52
You have a fire, no, there's a hydrant at second or second place in 4th Street, any of them they need it.
01:00
10.97, they're advising this.
01:02
10.12 with the, with the homeowner.
01:06
It looks like it's a laundry issue.
01:09
1012. Water heater is smoking in the laundry room.
01:13
Do you have an act of fire or...
01:16
No flames. It looks like it's an electrical issue though.
01:20
Sound like?
01:21
What's your 20, starting to direct fire?
01:23
Fire is not completely contained inside the appliance, no one's trapped.
01:27
We're going to be first floor, apartment 11, make contact on scene, or two cats inside 0-037 hours.
01:33
It's going to be on the...
01:35
They're 97.
01:38
Watch with District 1.
01:39
District 1.
01:40
On-scene,
01:42
medium two-story wood from apartment.
01:44
There's nothing shown.
01:45
The investigative mode established in Second Avenue Command.
01:47
This one on-scene, medium two-story wood apartment, no-show.
01:50
Investigative mode in Second Avenue Command, zero-zero three hours.
01:57
Tower 1's on scene.
01:58
Squad one's on scene.
02:00
Box for the second avenue command.
02:06
2nd Avenue Command.
02:07
Go ahead and engine 1 take it.
02:09
Dr. 2nd Avenue Command.
02:10
It's a confirmed issue with the water heater.
02:12
You can release all units with the exception to engine 1 and tower 1.
02:15
Per Command, release me all units except engine 1, tower 1.
02:18
Command, do you want GRU to respond?
02:20
That's negative. Message C.
02:26
This is all units per command, District 1, all units release except for Engine 1, Tower 1.
02:30
All units can be available, 0,0,39 hours.
04:25
It's going to be a bad water heater.
04:28
There's no fire hazards.
04:30
The power's been secured as a water heater.
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They'll be in contact with their landlord to replace it.
04:34
Command is terminated on units rail.
04:35
Command, sir, see, bad water heater, no hazards, power secured.
04:39
Home water will contact landlord.
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Location mentioned:
SE 2nd Ave Apartment 11, Gainesville, FL 32601
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