Electrical fire in two-story home near Minor Ave, Kalamazoo MI
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Fire & ArsonFire units responded to a two-story residential building near Minor Avenue for a fire report. Smoke and fire alarms were detected, with black smoke visible from an outlet in the upstairs kitchen. The fire appears to have an electrical source. An evacuation was initiated.
Audio|Heard on: Kalamazoo County Fire and MSP District 5
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03:35
Transcript:
00:00
Townsworth Squad 6, Engine 5, Engine 7, Truck 6, and available PSOs for a residential structure fire near Minor Avenue,
00:08
near Minor Avenue, cross streets of Oak Street, Grant Street, and Village Street.
00:13
Sporting is stating there, smelling smoke downstairs.
00:17
The report is knocking, but no one is answering.
00:20
The apartment is filling with smoke.
00:21
This section is clear at 219.
00:28
Fire 11 and myself the pull at 26.
00:30
It gives you all 360 here in a minute.
00:35
I'm clear on it.
00:40
Hydrants for the residential fire on Minor is going to be at Minor and Oak and then at Minor and Village.
00:50
I have a two-story residential structure.
00:55
I don't have smoke, but I do have fire alarms going off in a slight burning smell.
01:00
We'll be going inside to investigate.
01:03
Looks like there's two apartments in this building.
01:11
I'm the two-story residential structure.
01:13
No smoke but fire alarms going off and the smell of burning.
01:16
We'll be going interior to investigate.
01:20
Residence is saying it's downstairs.
01:24
However, the smoke is upstairs.
01:26
Very right, there is no fire as of right now that we found.
01:32
Nothing going on the back.
01:38
We're throwing out of emergency attempt to the fire.
01:40
Samarron minor currently in tents at Maine.
01:51
526. I'll be in command.
01:54
5 in command.
02:00
626.26.
02:04
At 222.
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622. 622. There's a...
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Dark smoke,
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well,
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say brown smoke.
02:15
It's coming from somewhere below the kitchen and the upstairs,
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east side of the residence.
02:28
There are people that need to be evacuated from there?
02:32
Yeah, I would assume so.
02:33
There's no answer at apartment A.
02:38
Do you think that's the origin?
02:42
Actually, I saw on the source.
02:44
If we can get someone to cut the breaker, it's coming from an outlet, an apartment B in the kitchen upstairs.
02:55
Yeah, I'm at the back door here, Elphi is at the back door.
02:58
I've got black smoke coming out from the earth.
03:07
Yeah, shit horse, we just see power.
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It's coming from an outlet.
03:16
Yeah, I can hear the crackling.
03:19
So the,
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if we can get access to the rear, you can hear the crackling in the back of the home right now.
03:30
Let's get a few dressed and we can try to mitigate this first engine in on the pole line.
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Location mentioned:
Minor Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008
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