Smoke from exhaust mistaken for fire at Washington Square, Stamford CT
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Fire & ArsonFire units responded to a reported structure fire near Washington Boulevard and Washington Square. Upon arrival, personnel found smoke coming from the exhaust of a smaller three-story section of the building. No active fire was found, and the incident was declared clear.
Audio|Heard on: Stamford Fire and EMS - Digital
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03:12
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 5, Engine 1, Engine 2, Truck 1, Rescue 1, Unit 4, Engine 3, Use Fireground 1, respond to near Washington Boulevard, Washington Square, for structure fire, cross streets are West Park Place and Main Street, time 1607.
00:23
Engine 3 confirming we're right?
00:26
That's affirmative, Venge 3 is ready.
00:33
35 is on scene, Class 1, residential high rise, nothing shown.
00:38
We'll be out of investigating.
00:43
Steve Injifives on scene, Class 1, residential high rise, nothing shown.
00:51
Unit 4 is arriving on scene, assuming command.
00:58
Uniform is on scene, I'll be Washington Boulevard command.
01:02
We'll be Washington Boulevard.
01:04
We'll have command 1611.
01:07
We'll have command 1611.
01:09
Yeah, Chief, uh,
01:11
primary report.
01:12
We got smoke coming from, as they call us,
01:15
on the roof,
01:16
myself, and if you're going to go in the next game.
01:22
Really safe.
01:27
Uniform Stanford.
01:28
Was the reporting party driving by or are they calling from an adjacent building? Unit 4 is standby 1.
01:36
I call.
01:37
Unit 4, it was a pass-or-by driving.
01:46
Uniform is here.
01:52
Stanford for the Unit 4.
01:56
Beautiful.
01:59
Drone exhaust coming from the smaller building.
02:03
And the way the sun's hitting it, it looks like it's flames, but it's just smoke.
02:12
And it's smaller three-story part of the structure.
02:24
Commandos 16th? One thing.
02:30
Yeah, do you copy that traffic on the ground?
02:32
Gasparound, though.
02:36
All right, just one caller driving by in a vehicle.
02:44
1625.
02:46
25.
02:47
Okay,
02:49
you got nice keys. Can you bring off the railroad?
02:56
I don't have the time, Steve.
03:03
If you had four, uh, score number five, all clear.
03:06
There's nothing around us here.
03:08
Two hours.
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Location mentioned:
Washington Blvd, Stamford, CT 06901
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