gas fireplace causes false carbon monoxide alarm, Charlotte NC
Fire & ArsonFire responders attended an alarm at a residence near Oakland Avenue. The occupant had recently turned on a gas fireplace and believed a smoke alarm went off. The alarm company reported it as a carbon monoxide alarm. No emergency was confirmed.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
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Transcript:
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Engine 7, carbon the Northside, 566 Oakland Avenue, on D.
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Delta. Engine 7, carbon the north side, 566 Oakland Avenue, on D, Delta.
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Portable 2, we'll be back of the truck.
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Copy that.
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The alarm companies in route up 4,100 Coca-Cola Plaza said Coca-Cola.
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Call came from the alarm company showing a smoke alarm, one West Hall, smoke detectors in 66.
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Cross streets are Rexford Road and Carahue Boulevard, 16th Hill.
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Forty Gaudhia.
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Engines 35 to brush 31.
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You can respond non-emergency.
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Brush 31, copy.
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But I have fours, I'm saying.
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6 o' alarm.
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Can you count to the block.
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Okay, control time.
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Compa, command, control time, 10.45.
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Engine 43 is on scene,
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two-story, two-story,
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shelter, nothing showing, 43 left, please.
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Poplar position, 413.
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Alarm, Agent 7.
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Go ahead.
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Enton 7, this was called in by P&G as a CO alarm.
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I did get in contact with the person that lives in this unit.
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He said he did turn on his gas fireplace.
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He is adamant that it was a smoke alarm that he thinks went off.
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However, seeing,
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correction, P&G called in as a CO alarm.
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Location mentioned:
Near Oakland Ave, Charlotte, NC 28204
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