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Resident unable to evacuate due to smoke at apartmentRidley Park PA

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Hetzel Park, 36 Hetzel Rd, Ridley Park, PA 19078

Emergency teams responded to smoke at Park Plaza Apartments. A resident on the fifth floor, who uses a wheelchair, was unable to evacuate due to smoke in the apartment.

Audio|Heard on: Delaware County Police Dispatch - Sector 5
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Transcript:
00:00
Park Plaza apartment, this is 525, east of spike 525, east of Spike Park A off a 10.
00:05
This is the conditioning corner of the maintenance band is dumping trash and coming in our apartment doing.
00:34
(number withheld)
00:37
Good
00:39
Are you on the floor?
00:43
Correct, the fifth floor Danwell, north side of building one.
00:48
Copy him. The resident at near 100 is calling and unable to evacuate Potchette smoke in the apartment.
00:56
Also, wheelchair bound.
00:59
All right, copy.

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Location mentioned:
Hetzel Park, 36 Hetzel Rd, Ridley Park, PA 19078

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Incident Timeline

  1. Individual Located in Apartment 307
  2. First Floor and Additional Checks
  3. Floor-by-Floor Search and Updates
  4. Fifth Floor Residents Shelter in Central Common Area
  5. Initial Shelter-in-Place Reported

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