Fire crews check burning smell at Dulles Airport, Dulles VA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, at Dulles International Airport, personnel reported a burning smell possibly coming from a mobile lounge near a terminal gate. The fire department was called to investigate a potential electrical issue. The affected lounge was ventilated as a precaution, and no visible fire was confirmed at the time.
Audio|Heard on: Loudoun VA Public Works Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
01:28
Transcript:
00:00
All right, Dunkin' Donuts doesn't have anything on fire that they know of.
00:04
Just checked in with mobile lounge, you're saying that it's a lounge?
00:09
It's one of the lounges.
00:11
I've got that.
00:12
Are they going to move the lounge off the gate or is the fire department there to take a look?
00:17
I haven't seen fire yet.
00:18
I heard them, but I haven't seen them yet.
00:21
Okay, thanks (name withheld).
00:22
And ops, it's a loud Sierra that has the smell.
00:26
Currently, it's empty and they have the two doors open to ventilate it.
00:32
All right, copy that.
00:33
Loud Sierra.
00:35
Ops, Ops 83.
00:37
Ops, Ops 83.
00:40
For us, go ahead.
00:41
All right, Sierra earlier broke down at P Midfield.
00:45
They had the starters replaced, and when it came over to the terminal mobile lounge dock.
00:50
That's when the smell started.
00:52
Mobile lounge supervisor thinks that the starter was put in incorrectly, and it's a smell of burning wire.
01:00
Roger, what's their plan? (name withheld), are they going to leave it there or are they going to move it?
01:04
They're still waiting for fire to come and clear it, and then they'll make that decision.
01:10
All right, thanks.
01:12
And (name withheld) up.
01:13
Cove 83.
01:14
Yeah, I just want to confirm,
01:16
Did someone from mobile lounge or their supervisor notify the fire department?
01:21
Stand by.
01:22
No, mobile lounge did not call fire.
01:26
I'm calling them now.
01:27
Roger.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Dulles International Airport (IAD), 1 Saarinen Cir, Dulles, VA 20166
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