Burn barrel mistaken for structure fire in woods, Baltimore County MD


Fire crews responded to a report of a glowing column and strong odor in the woods near Sunnydale Way. Upon arrival, they found a burn barrel causing the glow and odor, not a structure fire.
Audio|Source: Baltimore County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
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12 Sunday core cross-shut near Sunnydale Way and a dead end.
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Or spot-all-wise, Smecate 855.
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9-57. Engine 19 from this back, you can roll a service, engine 56 we're going to handle.
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Medicaid 55 on the west.
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Medicaid 55, 1957.
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Measure 19 in route.
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19 to stay in service.
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Under 56 we're going to take it.
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Directing question.
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Clear. Unstation.
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1300. We have brought us in a robble.
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950. We'll tell us to drop the box to non-emergency for now.
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We've done a 360[1] of all four buildings on the complex with nothing evidence.
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Okay, correct.
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I just responding firebox 3 8-11 authority command respond non-emergency
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1958 right now I'm walking a lesson I'm direct um medic 19 from dispatch point seven we have a free bar
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That's thank you.
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I say, thank you.
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Call more rules call.
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My medic 5, you can go on service, make 19 and a handle.
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Clear, thanks 1919. You can go to service.
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Clear. Clear. 19.
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We arrived in 1959.
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I mean, as Beth, I do have the caller.
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She's reporting a column and a glow through the woods, walking back with her now to try to get a 10-point location.
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We're right, 29.
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Oh, you can see in service.
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That's the six subjects.
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You were probably adding and then cleared.
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Appreciate. There's one.
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Twenty hundred. That's great call, so.
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Twenty hundred. And it's fast.
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You might check in to see if county air is flying at the moment? We do have a very strong odor and it does smell of the structure.
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Correct. On the engine 55 from engine 10.
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You want me to make a left up here on our...
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Jerusalem, go that route? See if I can see anything.
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No, I can see whatever it is from a couple hundred feet away.
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Let me see if my crew can get to it from the other side.
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Parker Tanker 13 arrives.
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...201.
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...from... ...from... Go ahead.
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You have a burn barrel.
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Okay, I see you there.
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That's the way she's poring as well.
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We can just handle with us.
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Correct.
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Okay. Let me address.
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I'll handle. I'll give you a good address back on east.
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Hey, you're right.
Police codes explained
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360: Complete scene check (360-degree survey)
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Location mentioned:
Sunnydale Way, Maryland 21136
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