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Strange odor at group home caused by cleaning chemicalGlenshaw PA

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Highland Ave, Glenshaw, PA 15116

According to the dispatch call, fire units responded to reports of a strange odor near Highland Avenue in Shaler Township. They initially observed heavy smoke but later found the smell was from a cleaning chemical used to mop the floor in a group home. No fire was confirmed and residents reported no symptoms.

Audio|Heard on: Allegheny County Fire - North
Listen to dispatch call
08:20
Transcript:
00:00
For reports of a strange odor in a residence near Highland Avenue, Shaler Township, Station 264 second activation, respond on North Fire 3, 1956.
00:14
Copy that.
00:22
259 assistants on this stand one-and-a-half story residential like you back I'll get established a command copy 259 assistant on scene with command first alarm is Simon but nobody said wrong.
00:47
Okay, structure fire, there should be a believer should be additional units.
00:55
Okay, affirmed.
00:57
Your company, 1807,
01:00
186 truck and 220.
01:06
220. 20. Okay, 2.20 risk.
01:08
Two,
01:11
20.
01:12
Okay.
01:13
Okay. Okay.
01:14
Okay. Okay. Okay.
01:18
150 and assistant cuff it.
01:25
Gotty, 150 at you.
01:27
150 at you.
01:30
50 at you.
01:33
50 at you.
01:35
Okay,
01:37
do have heavy smoke from the structure,
01:40
uh, from the kitchen area.
01:45
Very, sit.
02:12
Fontata at 264, do you want to fill on that?
02:17
Yeah, I got...
02:20
Copy.
02:23
I take drugs in with three.
02:36
Stay out on Glenshaw until the truck gets in.
02:40
You guys can come down.
02:42
Truck 260 straight in.
02:43
Take the address, start investigating.
02:48
Truck copy.
02:53
Truck service.
02:55
You can copy.
03:02
County 187 trucks hit two.
03:10
Ace, have a trip with two.
03:22
For reports of an odor from a residence,
03:26
near Highland Avenue, Shaler Township,
03:29
Station 261, you've been out of the climate, respond on North Fire, 3.
03:40
Twitter arrest agent gone.
03:47
Hi, Lincoln, hi.
03:48
Command, hi.
03:51
Command, go ahead.
03:56
Evocations complete.
03:58
Residents reporting no symptoms.
04:00
M.S. Women now just checking them up.
04:06
Footway.
04:07
Get one just second.
04:14
County 158 trucked in with three.
04:18
508 truck with three.
04:21
County 158, Ft1, and with two.
04:30
Right into the parking lot and the side door.
04:40
Next two engines in, I want you to drop the line to that plug to the on Rochester.
04:48
I'm going to show how to happen.
04:54
Citi, putty on the yellow.
05:01
Copy two sexy truck.
05:05
260 trucks just in front of us is the street.
05:14
On the side.
05:21
Where do you want to rescue? Do you want to hit the hydrogen?
05:28
You want to have breath, do you hit the hydrant?
05:31
Yeah, well you hit that hydrant and lay up, or drop the line here and go to the hydrant.
05:35
Drop your line here and go to the hydrant.
05:37
The hydrant is right down there at 200 feet.
05:46
Connie 260, Chief is on the same.
05:50
Copy 260, Chief, one scene.
05:58
Command 260, Chief, contact, operation.
06:04
Yeah,
06:10
let me do a face-to-face.
06:18
I didn't catch you, Chief.
06:19
You said, be good at home-eye.
06:27
County 187 in with two.
06:31
County restroom.
06:37
County restroom.
06:38
Okay.
06:41
20 a 3rd 20 a 3.
06:47
Lieutenant.
06:54
We got some sort of chemical slash cleaner smell.
06:59
We're investigating.
07:00
I'll let you know.
07:02
That's copy.
07:03
I'm with the resident.
07:04
Not I'll check with them and save.
07:10
All right.
07:12
Green line! Green line!
07:20
Connie 261 engine in width 4.
07:25
Copy 261 engine in Routless 4.
07:33
I want to command 261 engine.
07:53
Two-six interior from operations.
07:59
Go ahead, Chief.
08:01
Yeah,
08:03
Pumphal, this is a group home,
08:05
and one of the workers had a few hours ago she mopped the floor with some kind of cleaning solution.
08:13
That's received and that is what it smells like.
08:16
So we're still investigating.
08:18
I'll let you know.
08:20
That's copy.

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Highland Ave, Glenshaw, PA 15116
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