Hot water heater fire at edwin towers in charlotte, Charlotte NC
Fire & ArsonA fire was reported at Edwin Towers near West 10th Street in Charlotte. Fire units responded and evacuated occupants. The fire was investigated and determined to be caused by a hot water heater vent fire on the roof. No hazards were found inside the building, and the situation was contained and cleared.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
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Transcript:
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Ladder 4, Channel 8 Hotel for Chesbain, near West 10th Street.
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Blatter 4, Channel 8 Hotel for Chesspain, near West 10th Street, Edwin Towers,
00:11
Room (number withheld).
00:13
Cross Street, North Church Street, North Poplar Street.
00:19
Army, Engine 18 on Conference for Battalion 9.
00:23
Engine 18 on Conference for Battalion 9.
00:30
Senator 3, Claire?
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Green.
00:37
Is thatcher 30 for service.
00:48
Matthew Station 1 Fire.
00:52
Is this Union County with a structure fire, Waxall Indian Trail Road, cross street, a raindrop Circle, and Pleasant Grove Road.
01:05
They're operating on B-Bravo.
01:09
We could use Ops 12.
01:11
Timeout 1823.
01:18
Forming.
01:19
Hi there.
01:25
All Matthews units are going to be tied up on a structure fire on Monroe Road.
01:31
Sounds simple.
01:32
I'll let you know and see if we can get another station started.
01:40
Engine 3, ready to pull of two and a half.
01:47
12 the command.
01:50
Pat, Bill.
01:52
No hazards inside.
01:54
Might be true to the HVAC on the roof.
01:56
Still have citizens in here.
01:58
We're trying to get them out.
02:01
Yeah, 10-4[1].
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39 and 22 are working together to see if they could find what that was on the roof.
02:09
Okay, 9 questions complete.
02:19
Engine 65, Channel G-Golf for back pain, medic routine 4746, near Charleston Drive.
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Engine 65, Channel G golf for a medic routine back pain.
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Near Charleston Drive, cross streets, North Sharon, Amity Road and Albright Avenue, 3s area.
02:37
So, Willie.
02:43
No time of smoke up here.
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We do have two ventilation.
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Uh,
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lands up top.
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Neither one of them is running.
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Uh,
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no chance of smoke fire.
02:56
Check that step back in the back there.
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That's where I saw the haze when you originally got here.
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Looks like the best way to get to it is Siegel Street.
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Second.
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Agent 1510-4[1]-4-agent contact.
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Roof to command.
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No heat signature on either roof.
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Ten-four.
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You got that grease stuck up there?
03:37
We got grease on a vent fan, but it looks like it's sealed.
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Attention Westmaking service.
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This is where I'll show you available at 1826.
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Man to Charlotte into 29.
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Go ahead.
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You guys engaged right now?
04:09
Negative, I'll see if you can get over to the B side.
04:16
There's a fence there for me.
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See anything on that side.
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I can't make it over.
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It's 20 knockouts.
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More clear.
04:35
We came down and I was a ferry to turn around.
04:38
Got pretty strong over, older over at Boyd and Lander.
04:43
We're going to check the sanitary sewer here.
04:46
The odor kind of comes and goes.
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I don't know that we're going to be able to locate.
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All right down here towards waste management.
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Copy.
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24. That is 10-4[1].
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Thank you. Command to all units on the roof.
05:16
Just watch it.
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It's been a little shaky up there.
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Got it, Chief.
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We got eyes on Bravo side,
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8-track units.
05:29
Nothing to report.
05:34
Ten four.
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Just watch towards the setback in the rear, because that's just like ten up there.
05:41
Yeah, that's where we are.
05:44
The Italian 7, command, I found it.
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Back storage room,
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hot water heater burned out.
05:59
Latter 39 in command, we're coming off the roof.
06:03
All right, ten-four.
06:05
Everything's negative, right guys?
06:12
Yeah, roof and all associated bench units to check out, Claire.
06:19
The latter 13 command.
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Go ahead.
06:27
The sanitary sewers are clear.
06:29
Odors dissipated in this area.
06:34
Yeah, ten-four.
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Waste management's clear also.
06:37
We'll go and clear up.
06:42
Copy. The latter 13 to be same traffic.
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Call arm, copy, sir right.
06:54
We've checked the area and the odor seems to be dissipating.
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We're all going to clear up and let's get another call on it.
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Go for it.
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Command to all units.
07:12
We located it.
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It's going to be in the rear at a vent for the hot water heater.
07:19
Looks like the hot water heater had a fire.
07:26
Command Central.
07:28
Command. Yeah,
07:34
you can give me a control time.
07:36
We had the hot water heat up burnt up.
07:40
We're going to release, right now we're going to release Charlotte Engine 29 and the other units when they become available that can be released.
07:53
Central Control Time, Restructure Fire on One Road, 1832, holding with all units, with the exception of Charlotte Fire 29.
Police codes explained
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10-4: Acknowledgment; message received and understood.
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Near W 10th St, Charlotte, NC 28202
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