Kitchen outlet catches fire in apartment, Merced CA
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Fire & ArsonA fire occurred at an apartment near West 19th Street. A kitchen outlet caught fire but a neighbor entered the unit and put the fire out. Responding units found very light smoke and canceled additional emergency responses.
Audio|Heard on: CalFire MMU & Local Area Dispatch
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02:32
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 51, truck 51,
00:03
engine 54, engine 53,
00:07
and engine 55,
00:09
respond to structure fire.
00:11
At near West 19th Street, Unit 6.
00:33
Battalion 1's responding.
00:37
Marcia copies.
00:38
137 West 19th Street.
00:40
I believe R.P.
00:41
was just panic. She was a police when our fire alarm started going off.
00:44
Device in the kitchen caught on fire.
00:46
The neighbor did go inside and she advised he put it out.
00:52
Battalion 1 copies.
01:05
Units and routes with structure fire.
01:07
We'll go ahead and suspend roll call.
01:09
We're going to have units on seeing here momentarily.
01:12
Additionally,
01:13
update from dispatch,
01:15
neighbor went checked on it, sounds like fire's out.
01:18
We'll keep engine 54 engine
01:21
from the dispatch.
01:23
Other units can cancel.
01:29
Copy cancel.
01:33
Engine one's on the scene.
01:36
Very light smoke show and we'll be investigating.
02:03
All units respond to the structure fire, you can cancel.
02:08
Continue to a microphone.
02:15
Battalion one copies.
02:19
Engine 54, truck 51, and guys can return.
02:26
Tor copy, so much back.
02:29
So, uh, fan would be nice.
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Location mentioned:
W 19th St, Merced, CA 95340
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