Minor fire in trunk of bmw with melted battery, Ho Ho Kus NJ


Firefighters responded to a minor fire in the trunk of a regular bmw. The fire involved the 12-volt battery and some contents in the trunk. The battery was melted, and the fire was extinguished without reported injuries or suspicion of criminal activity.
Audio|Source: Ho-Ho-Kus Public Safety and Bergen County Fire
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Transcript:
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430s on scene to side-ex command I'm fired this time this is a regular 12-volt BMW not an EV
00:12
Agent 421 is the radio service with the clues.
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492's response.
00:16
450s now on Elberdard end.
00:18
431 away to any proof.
00:20
Commandion Music and a blowout, blows up.
00:22
Now we're actually on Schuart.
00:24
Commandant 492, can you just stay down at that end once the engine gets down here, I'm just going to close shore for the time being.
00:28
Sure, where would you like to block it?
00:30
Just at North Central.
00:31
They're going to get a little bottles up down here once engines here.
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Commander 431.
00:34
31, we'll be up in a minute.
00:36
All right, you can come in off in north central, come right to the intersection of Stewart and Cherry.
00:42
The vehicle's going to be on the corner here.
00:44
He's going to pull down the area of the battery and see if there's anything we need to disconnect.
00:49
Great seat. 431, spawned with three.
00:51
Service 1014[1].
00:52
Command of 431.
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431.
00:55
431.
00:56
Can you come down the end of the shore nose up to my truck, you're going to be just past the vehicle.
01:00
Pull the booster line up, narrow hose down the trunk area, a little bit of content so the trunk was on fire and the batteries melted.
01:06
Stop. 10 4. 31's on the approach.
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Command of fire, quitter.
01:09
Okay, quirters, bye.
01:11
It's a minor fire in the trunk of this vehicle involving 12-volt battery, kind of a little bit of contents and the trunk was on fire.
01:19
You can make this a single engine response.
01:20
431 is just going to do a little bit overall and attempt to disconnect what's left of the battery.
Police codes explained
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[1]
1014: Service call
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Ho-Ho-Kus, NJ
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