Electrical box fire causes smoke evacuation at high school, Cloquet MN
Fire & ArsonSmoke was reported in the basement of Cloquet Senior High School in Carlton County. Students and staff were evacuated as a precaution. Fire units responded and confirmed an electrical box fire in the basement, which was shut down and brought under control. Law enforcement assisted in the evacuation process. The situation is now contained.
Audio|Source: Carlton County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Here's one of the Cloquet Senior High School.
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They have smoke in the basement.
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They're evacuating.
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They're looking for assist evacuating.
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I'm starting fire.
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5.53.
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Go for it.
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Penture Station 1, stay down call, station 2, station 4, respond.
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Cloquet Senior High School,
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they called 911, said that they have smoke in their basement, they are evacuating the school.
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We have law enforcement en route also to assist with the evacuation.
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Attention, Cloquet stations respond to near 18th St, the Cloquet Senior High School.
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They have smoke in the basement.
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They are evacuating the school.
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We do have law enforcement also sending to assist with the evacuation.
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Crime Dispatch at 953.
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257, the city squad.
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If you guys need a hand, let me know.
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I can swing down that way.
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That's where I'll let you know.
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535 Chrome.
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Go ahead.
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City squads are coming up on scene.
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Might not have good radio.
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You got a pressing call for the city.
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Just want to call my cell phone, my personal number.
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Can I clear your alarm send too? And I'm throwing smoke.
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It will smoke here around the school.
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Defer, can I clear your alarms also? The 35, there was a campfire just to the north here.
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I'll copy.
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Go ahead, Blue.
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1343, go ahead for Battalion One.
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There's team 43, go ahead for Battalion One.
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There's many manpower to start out with at the high school, thank you.
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Italian one Carlton on seven.
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Sorry,
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I'm on the main. Battalion one Carlton on the main.
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10-1[2]. Can you hit alert one for us, please?
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10-4[1].
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10-5.
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35.
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I think it was some sort of electrical fire that's out.
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So we don't need to be here.
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We're available to the area.
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Space for two, Carlton, seven.
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I haven't gotten a new call-in list for today.
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Who's up there?
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I went on to be C-shift.
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Yeah,
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we're not clearing the building.
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43 is just going to stick around by the church here when parents show up.
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They're probably going to let kids back in.
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FYI, we have confirmed fire,
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electrical boxes on fire.
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They shut it down and evacuated.
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Chief phone copies confirmed fire electrical box shut down evacuation.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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10-4: Acknowledgement (OK / Message received)
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10-1: Unable to copy / Weak signal
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Location mentioned:
Near 18th St, Cloquet, MN 55720
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