Smoke found in wall of apartment at Hawthorne address, Hawthorne CA
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According to the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a report of smoke coming from a wall between the hallway and interior wall of an apartment unit near York Avenue in Hawthorne. On arrival at a three-story apartment building, light smoke was found on a second-floor wall. The response was handled by several fire units, and salvage covers were requested.
Audio|Heard on: Los Angeles County Fire - Command 40
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04:47
Transcript:
00:00
L-engine 18, on scene, near York Avenue.
00:04
Three-story apartment house, nothing showing, 18 investigating.
00:10
18 LA copies nothing showing.
00:12
Also, there was no answer on the callback to the ERP.
00:19
LA Battalion 18 on the scene.
00:23
Battalion 18.
00:24
118.
00:27
160 on scene.
00:34
Agent 18 from Battalion 18, I'll be outside on that Alpha Delta corner if needed.
00:42
Copy. Standby.
00:46
All right. Okay,
00:54
14, 14 holding.
00:57
All units coming in an 18th apartment apartment house.
01:05
Let's go ahead and stay a block out and the roof, leave room for the truck.
01:14
162 stage anhydr.
01:20
Copy that, 162 on the hydrant.
01:26
Engine 58 and squad 171 can't see response.
01:34
21, hold in a blockout.
01:39
Copy that at 21.
01:40
Copy that, 21.
01:46
Yeah,
01:48
go ahead, engine 18.
01:50
Yeah,
01:53
go ahead, engine 18.
01:58
121 on stage.
02:01
Smoke coming from a wall of one unit.
02:05
It's in between the hallway and the interior wall of unit number two.
02:11
We're going to open it up.
02:12
We can probably have one company.
02:15
Let me open this up and I'll let you know what else we need.
02:21
Copy that. Repeat what it was again.
02:26
Just smoke in an exterior wall going from a floor to ceiling, trying to investigate the extent of it.
02:36
Copy that, I got engine 160 here if you need some assistance.
02:45
Hey firm, you can send 160 and maybe we'll hold this person in quiet.
02:53
Copy that break LA.
02:55
We have some disliked smoke come out from one of the walls on the second floor.
03:00
We'll be able to handle with engine 18, engine 160,
03:04
and Quint 161.
03:09
We'll hold on to the compound until we're completed here.
03:14
Battalion 18, LA copies.
03:16
If you can bring in some salvage covers, please for us as well.
03:22
Quint 161, you copy that, salvage covers, 6-1.
03:28
DC-18 copy the 161 will bring up, salvage covers.
03:37
Units responding to the structure in 18's engine 18, engine 160, Quint 161 and Battalion 18 will handle.
03:43
Holding on to the Com plan, all the units can cancel your response.
03:49
Engine 18 from Battalion 18, just to confirm me we have someone to check the floor above as well.
03:59
I'll have 160, check that for us.
04:05
LA, you should be 1020 on 10th.
04:09
Detain 20. Copy that break, 160, you copy that, check that exposure just above.
04:23
Tagging 18 and 20, what's your location?
04:28
I'm on that alpha dial at this corner.
04:31
Just one resident in from your location.
04:36
WIC. The engine 160 from point 161.
04:46
What was that traffic?
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Location mentioned:
York Ave, Hawthorne, CA 90250
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