Kitchen towels catch fire at public venue in Erie, Erie PA
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was activated near French Street in Erie due to kitchen towels catching fire. Staff moved the burning towels outside and dry chemical extinguishers were used. Fire crews confirmed no fire extension and checked ventilation. The kitchen was not in active use but dry chemicals affected dishes and cookware.
Audio|Source: Erie County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Fire alarm[1], near French St.
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Engine 8. Engine 11.
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Power 2. DC 323.
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Operations on TAC1.
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Fire alarm[1], near French St.
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Between East 9th Street, AGOA Place and East 8th Street.
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1780, Eric County.
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170, go ahead.
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104 operations.
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323,
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area insurance arena.
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East 90, East 8.
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You have hydrants all the way around the building. They're all on six inches.
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Two and I wait at the corner. We're missing someone.
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170 will be returning.
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180 and fire police will still be on scene for about 15, 20 minutes.
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It's shown here is north event level janitor, smoke detector.
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Copy, you're returning 180 and fire, please, we're on the scene in about another 15 minutes.
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What if you say the alarm is coming from?
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6801, copy.
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208 did you have any traffic?
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North event level janitor.
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Negative.
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Copy.
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And they're also getting a second activation, Northevent, level,
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commensary, mechanical smoke.
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323 on location.
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323 on location.
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See if they have a key holder coming here.
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323. All right, we're fine.
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11th responder.
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R2 is on location.
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323, 326.
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Go ahead.
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There's a Knox box on the Holland Street side by the man door, just past the dumpsters.
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Be advised.
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I think I just set off the Bruello alarm.
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Copy that 326, copy that 353.
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You're responding. BLS2 back pain speed check. 607, west 18,
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38, 38, 3-year-old female.
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I saw that.
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And, Chief,
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there should be a (name withheld) there.
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He's the one to acknowledge the alarm.
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Yeah, I got a company on the Holland Street side investigating.
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Okay.
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Can you repeat where those alarms are coming from?
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The first one, north level janitor,
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and then north level event commissary,
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mechanical smoke.
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Man, Tower 2. We're on the Holland Street side.
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There was a bin of kitchen towels that caught on fire in the kitchen staff here and moved it to the outside.
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They're saying there's no other extension. We're going to take a quick look and see if there's anything we can do for ventilation.
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Copy that.
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In command, (name withheld) is not there.
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He is inbound, 10 minutes, very accurate.
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Copy that. I have a guy with 353.
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Dispice, have an inspector come here.
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Inspector.
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Engine 8, stage 8 in French.
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Command Tower 2, there's no extension. A tower can handle this.
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Copy that is the smoke affecting any food.
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Chief, they release the dry chemics in the kitchen, so yeah, that's everywhere.
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They weren't actively using the kitchen, but it's all over on the dishes and pots and pans in here.
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Copy that. I'll cancel the engine companies but have the inspector continue in.
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Commandery, County.
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Go ahead.
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If I once notified, we'll be inbound. I need to help department notified.
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I'll let him decide when he gets here about that.
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323.
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Question.
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This batch 11 is a service.
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Good man, they say someone's on the way to reset this alarm.
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We'll be here in a few minutes.
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You want to pull down on the other side? We'll pull over here with the screw on the Holland site.
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Copy that. I'll bring the car over to Holland.
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Copy. Copy.
Police codes explained
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Fire alarm: Report of a fire alarm activation
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Near French St, Erie, PA 16501
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