Space heater causes electrical outlet fire in townhouse, St Charles IL
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire units responded to inside smoke at a townhouse near Tower Hill Drive in St. Charles. Investigation showed that a space heater overheated an electrical outlet, causing burn marks but no major fire.
Audio|Heard on: Dekalb & Southern Kane County Public Safety.
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Transcript:
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St. Charles Fire, Engine 103, Truck 101,
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Engine 102,
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and Battalion 100, respond to inside smoke investigation.
00:10
At near Tower Hill Drive, St. Charles.
00:16
Cross Streets are held for a cordon, Pleasant Plains Drive.
00:21
I don't need to hear if you see it was a good machine
00:30
Can I take one as you want to be the route?
00:37
The vise and the car also smelt all the electricity to the house there was a history of domestic for this address by the PPD
00:48
Were you asking if we wanted, Peeee?
00:51
Hey, firm.
00:56
I can't think you'd send him on over just in case.
01:01
Message, please.
01:02
Does San Charles Watts.
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Truck 103.
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Andrew 1-3, go ahead.
01:11
Let us have seen two-story townhouse, not that you want evacuation progress, we're going to interior to investigate.
01:17
These rules here in seeing two-story townhound embeckeryion progress, we're inside to investigate message received.
01:27
We had a, so it was a space heater plugged into an outlet.
01:31
It looked like it overheated the outlet and there are some burn marks on the outside exterior of it.
01:38
We're going to check the wall.
01:39
We may have to open it up, I'm not sure.
01:41
You guys have to stand by.
01:42
We might be good with what we have.
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Location mentioned:
Tower Hill Dr, St. Charles, IL 60175
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