Stove left on for hours causes odor in apartment, Broadlands VA
Fire & ArsonFire department responded to an apartment building near Thistledown Terrace after a resident accidentally left the stove on for five to six hours. The incident caused an odor inside the unit but no fire or hazardous gas was detected. Crews checked the affected unit and neighboring apartments, ventilated the area, and confirmed there were no gas leaks or unsafe conditions.
Audio|Source: Loudoun County Combined Fire Rescue
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Transcript:
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Branson 6.06, John Coo.
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What are the staging is a clog, the corner of...
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Cistle down and the...
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...and the... ...and the...
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100 yards of...
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We're going to 6-1-3-1-seen.5, we're going to be staging in the hotline, awaiting orders in the first engine.
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Truck 6-06 browser off-scene.
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Turn 1-14.14.
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6.06 from the time Chief 604.
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Engine 606, you're on six Delta, you need to be on six hotel, Tact 21.
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606, your engine 606.
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Go ahead.
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You're sick there, 6-06.
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This truck there, 6.5, we'll go ahead.
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We're making our way after the third report.
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Engine 606 from the Italian 604.
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Go ahead, the Italian 604.
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Two things.
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They have your state locations.
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See your report. Yeah, my radio died.
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I'm just getting my ready back.
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We're staging on Tisle Down at the plug at the corner of Tisseldown and...
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and the address are about 100 yards away.
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We've got our water if necessary.
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I'm going to go ahead and establish thistle-down Terrace Command until your arrival.
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Okay, give me the type of structure, label the floors.
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Yeah, I've got a four store.
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Type 5 construction. Part building we're going to label the floors.
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One, two, three, and four.
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One stairway.
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Okay, I'm direct four-story garden apartment open stairwell.
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Leave on the floor is one, two, three, and four.
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You're investigating.
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The man from truck security is a problem.
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Go ahead. Readings up the front door of Unit 344 are 0 parts per million H2% LEL.
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Zero parts for million CO, 20.9% O2 levels.
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We're making our way inside now.
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I'm direct on that.
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I'm trusted there's a trouble.
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Go ahead.
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Made contact with the resident who's outside of the buildings and to their car.
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They invite they left the stove all for five to six hours.
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We do have a decent odor in the apartment right now.
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We're checking the stove.
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All right, see good.
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Order. Are you going to need fans of resources to resources up there?
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Let's go ahead and get two fans up here as well.
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The Italian 604 is on the scene, Brent, command from the time 604.
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Go ahead, detain 604.
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Do you go with holding command or you need a move to take a permit?
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Okay let me know if you need the additional resources you have engine 623 outside of what I'm direct truck 606 is isolated the odor they're secure on the stove and we're going to be putting fans up there for some small ventilation
02:28
Okay, so the stove was left on no issues with the supply line coming into the stove and also do we feel need to check the apartment below floor number two, apartment 244?
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I'm sending the other engine crew members to go check this.
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to your extra proof from then you going to floor number to check Palmer 244.
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Also, just make sure there's not a need to check the exposures on floor number three.
02:56
In Unit 304, the dispatch address, no leaks from the gas line coming into the SO, the entire apartment leads, zero parts for million H-2F, 0% LEL, zero parts from million CO, 0.7% of O2 levels.
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We'll go ahead with the unit that's next door to it.
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We'll need two fans to unit 344.
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I'm directing your readings and you should have two fans coming up right now.
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I am from Italian 604.
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Go ahead.
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Please my boat.
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Span from Trump.
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There's this problem.
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Go ahead. We had no answer at unit 343.
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We muted around the door, has zero part of a million HOS, 0% LAL, 0 part 4 million CO, and 20.7% of each levels.
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Okay, no answer at the door.
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I'm directly in the ratings.
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On road commands alone.
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Good, um. You're 210-210 minutes in the internet.
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Probably 210 situation remains the same.
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Location mentioned:
Thistledown Terrace, Broadlands, VA 20148
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