Elderly woman extinguishes vehicle battery fire with children inside, Scottsburg IN
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, an elderly woman driving a gray Chevrolet Traverse pulled into the VFW parking lot near Scottsburg, Indiana, when the car's battery began to smoke and then briefly caught fire. She had three children in the vehicle. Responders arrived and used a fire extinguisher to put out the battery fire.
Audio|Heard on: Scott County Public Safety
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03:58
Transcript:
00:00
I'll be following this elderly female down the interstate.
00:05
Vehicle can only go 35 an hour due to the tire.
00:09
They're getting off the plane on.
00:14
Clear.
00:20
County units got this back.
00:24
21[1], go ahead.
00:28
Highway 31,
00:29
she's between Main Street.
00:31
She's advising, she's pulled into the VFW parking lot.
00:34
We'll be starting fire.
00:35
She's advising her car battery of smoking.
00:38
She has children in the vehicle with her.
00:42
Clear, anyway.
00:44
Not even though.
01:02
Austin fire.
01:03
This is your call.
01:04
VFW parking lot.
01:07
VFW parking lot, callers rising, smoke coming from her battery.
01:24
Austin Fire this is your call the SW parking lot have a gray Chevy traverse smoke coming from the battery.
01:54
Clear.
02:00
County units, it's got this back.
02:05
21[1], go ahead.
02:06
So, I'm going to go ahead.
02:16
Information.
02:18
It's an adult female and three children, no one has any coats.
02:23
21[1]'s on scene in the FW.
02:33
That's Hold'em tonight.
02:34
We made off Interstate.
02:39
72.
02:41
It's over, 456, bail in jail.
02:49
Procifix. Procifix.
02:51
E.L. 116cline signal 37.
02:57
Signal 37[2].
02:59
SFSu started.
03:05
Hard 1523.
03:08
Defraight 29.
03:13
Spatch 21[1].
03:16
21[1].
03:18
21[1], a left.
03:24
Boy, the fire extinguisher the battery was on fire.
03:27
Fire's out now.
03:32
Click.
03:38
As far as 21[1]-0-7, we'll be in there.
03:44
Scott is that? Scott is that?
03:51
Clear year-in-rat 118.
03:53
Offstron seen about as they deployed a fire extinguisher the battery was on fire, believe it is out at this time.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
21: Call by phone (shorthand commonly used for 10-21)
[2]
Signal 37: Agency-specific 'Signal' code (meaning not determinable from transcript)
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Location mentioned:
Scottsburg, IN 47170
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