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Firefighters investigate kerosene odor in Salisbury areaSalisbury NC

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Washington St, Salisbury, NC 28144

According to the dispatch call, firefighters investigated a strong kerosene odor in the attic and surrounding areas near Washington Street in Salisbury, including Woodhaven, Boston, and behind the old Food Lion. No active fire was found during the inspection.

Audio|Heard on: Rowan County Fire and EMS, Salisbury Fire
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03:10
Transcript:
00:00
In the attic space where the heating element is with zero readings.
00:06
Good.
00:11
Topekaegra 414.
00:17
Topping.
00:26
4.30 to the car 62.
00:30
The 430 to car 62.
00:34
The 430 to car 62.
00:37
Car 62. You on 14?
00:50
Hey,
00:52
I don't know if you made it up this far.
00:54
And you're right over to Woodhaven,
00:56
if you see any fire from the wood area, we're getting a smell of a kerosene or a lighter fluid in the area.
01:06
Yeah, I can back out and look.
01:11
You can copy it up.
01:14
Enter 414 to 430.
01:18
Good.
01:20
We're here at the corner of Shaver and Washington.
01:25
We're just staged right there.
01:31
We're 414 to 430.
01:32
We have a heavy smell where we're staged at.
01:36
Swatid command.
01:42
Go ahead.
01:45
In your crawl space, clear with no readings.
01:51
Copy.
01:56
I was going to turn my last with no readings.
02:04
Copy.
02:10
462,
02:14
430. Go ahead.
02:17
There's no smell of it at all with Hagen.
02:25
Copy. Did you smell it on Boston? I know 414 that they had it there at the intersection.
02:31
Yeah, I can smell it where 414 was, but I can't smell it in Woodhaven in Boston.
02:36
You want me to go up one block past shop on checkout?
02:40
Yeah,
02:44
we could try there.
02:46
The other thing we could probably try is behind the old Food Lion as well.
02:55
414.
03:01
Go ahead for 414.
03:05
Can you make your way over to the old Food Lion and just check around in there?
03:10
Copy that.

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Washington St, Salisbury, NC 28144

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Incident Timeline

  1. Further Investigation and Final Checks
  2. Odor Traced Along Chapel and Mobile Home Park
  3. Search Area Expands to Food Lion and Surroundings
  4. Odor Confirmed at Multiple Locations
  5. Odor Detected, Fire Investigation Initiated
  6. Initial Air Quality Check in Attic

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