Smoke from overloaded washing machine in apartment laundry, Springfield VA
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According to the dispatch call, firefighters responded to smoke in a garden-style apartment building near Deer Ridge Trail in Springfield, Virginia. The smoke came from the laundry room on the terrace level, caused by an overloaded washing machine that burned its belt. The fire was contained with no injuries or fire spread reported.
Audio|Heard on: Fairfax County Fire and Rescue
Listen to dispatch call
03:25
Transcript:
00:00
Honestly, in the two-story garden apartment, including close to our wall.
00:03
Nothing evident side to alpha in Bravo.
00:07
There is a exposure on the Delta side.
00:12
The building is not being evacuated.
00:14
How on water.
00:16
Stand-up for such a report.
00:22
I got a copy, two-story garden apartment.
00:26
Nothing shows that alpha.
00:29
Time before we've seen had alpha the structure behind it 426, I've been to service can't have you.
00:36
This is two, Tim, principle of four of five.
00:39
We're going to take our other water on the trailer side, I'll just catch the address.
00:43
Got.
00:56
Man is a 426.
01:00
Good.
01:02
It's going to be two in the front, four in the rear.
01:10
We'll label them Terrace 1, 2, 3.
01:15
Resident reporting smoke in the laundry room.
01:21
Go and investigate now, Coursary.
01:27
Okay, copy.
01:28
Two in the front.
01:29
Four in the rear are going to label Terrace, one, two, three.
01:33
You going down to the terrace level to investigate the laundry room.
01:41
We have a lot of threats to the London room downstairs.
01:48
Okay, let me know if we have four apartments per floor and then where you're going to be operating down on the terrace level.
02:02
109, it's 426.
02:04
There'd be four farmers per floor.
02:07
We're operating the terrace level,
02:10
investigating smoke in the laundry room.
02:12
Logger is going to be located the alpha quadrant.
02:17
With this four sentries, there's a little bit of smoke.
02:20
Stand by.
02:22
I got a copy.
02:25
Currently working in the terrace level,
02:27
alpha quadrant,
02:28
investigating the laundry room.
02:34
Man, engine 426.
02:38
Go ahead.
02:45
You can hold this with engine 426 person to the truck violation.
02:49
You can drop the balance, release a channel.
02:50
We'll go back for a bravo for a couple minutes.
02:55
That's bad copy.
02:56
Overloaded wash machine, burnt up belt, no extension.
03:00
You're going to hold with yourself.
03:04
And the first truck should be Tavol letter 203.
03:15
We're going to hold with engine 426, Pousel letter 203, just for some minor ventilation.
03:21
We're going to place all the units and service.
03:23
We can release the channel and terminate commander, Bigelight 4, Bravo.
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Location mentioned:
Deer Ridge Trail, Springfield, VA 22150
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