Gas fireplace causes elevated carbon monoxide in apartment, Loudoun County VA


Firefighters responded to an apartment building after elevated carbon monoxide levels were detected. The source was traced to a gas fireplace in apartment number three. The fireplace was turned off and the area was ventilated. Nearby residents also reported difficulty breathing, and medical responders attended to a woman in unit 204.
Audio|Source: Loudoun County Combined Fire Rescue
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Transcript:
00:00
Commend for us, we say 45.
00:01
2635, good.
00:02
Where do the apartment is you would like that subject?
00:03
On the same floor as Edge 622, so I've exposed we're going on the floor.
00:09
Same direction. Okay, using the AMD ratings at the door, and it'll be the tick rate on the CGI.
00:14
We just had somebody come to the door from the door.
00:17
Okay, 86.2 from command.
00:18
What was the apartment number where you had, elevated CO? We're in apartment number three.
00:23
Apartment number three.
00:24
That's correct.
00:25
Rookie 635.35.
00:28
Tarrance level for me, 2, 0H2F,
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0 CF,
00:32
0 Alley-A, Oxygen, oxygen 28.
00:35
Command is okay.
00:36
The Gage 622 from Command.
00:39
What floor is apartment 3 on? We're on Terry's level.
00:42
The only gas power utility we have is the snow.
00:45
We're not picking anything with the CGI with that.
00:48
Go ahead, okay.
00:49
engine 622 we do have a gas fireplace here picking on the higher reading we do have a really light leg will be further checking the fireplace and number three
01:01
copy a fireplace gas fireplace in four number three.
01:04
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01:05
Medics 606 Charlie Engine 606 Response 6-2-2-2-2-2-22-10 trouble breathing.
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2 (number withheld), 2-0-52, Colt2 Colts-Mitt Terrace.
01:12
Peders. Headick 6, 7-10, Trouble Breathing.
01:17
Two-0-052, Colts-Mut Terrace, Unit 204.
01:20
v. A year old female.
01:22
Chairman from Ryan and Tonson, Arizona.
01:23
Mayan from RISC, 635.
01:25
Vivi occupants in from 183 directly above Terrace funnel 3.
01:29
The finger of gas in her apartment.
01:31
Okay, are you going up there with him? That's the ground floor, correct? Okay.
01:36
Resckey 35, then the 103.
01:37
Copy. Loud in front of National Repairs Command.
01:40
Go ahead.
01:41
44790 Asher Terrace.
01:42
The park is going to be in the Terrace level, Charlie's Island, has an elevated CO readings of 30 parks per million.
01:50
The 635 is reported apartment 103 with floor number one on the ground level.
01:55
The odor of our captain to the parking one of the three years to continue to investigate.
01:58
We shut off the fireplace and apartment number three.
02:08
The CGI has has calmed down in the fireplace.
02:13
I want to go ahead and come to try to ventilate walls.
02:15
Okay just to confirm you to have an elevated odor of our captain in there.
02:19
Is an odor and the rotary as well, yes.
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Loudoun County, VA
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