Garage fire from electric scooter batteries in residential home, Mclean VA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a garage fire at a residential home near Sunny Hill Ct, caused by lithium-ion batteries from electric scooters. Smoke was present but the fire did not spread into the main house. Power was secured and a search found no further hazards.
Audio|Source: Fairfax County Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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9 4-1s on scene I'll be establishing building port command my vehicle I'm on the I'm on the alpha-brunner construction
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truck 425 is on the scene first truck to let the crew tune to X here will be making access to the garage I'll be taken a special app
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age 425 on the scene second new engine we've got the water supply for engine 439
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Engine 425, come on up, pull a second line from Engine 439, go through side alpha through the front door.
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Engine 412 from engine 404.
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Two in the front, three in the rear with a walk-out basement.
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Basement is clear. The homeowners are going to open, unlock the door for us,
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but keep the door shut.
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We have smoke showing from the garage in the first level.
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We're going to label this. Basement 1-2.
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Occamines set it all out.
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The occupants says that the door is shut from the garage to the front.
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We have requested transfer plan.
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Okay, that's direct. I got command.
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Rescue 401 when you arrive on scene, I need you to force the garage door, get us better access into the garage.
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Let's your 4401, direct, force the garage door.
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Command truck 425.
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Special lock complete,
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decent confirmed little clear.
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Two in the front, three in the rear.
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No gas to the home.
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I'm direct.
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Truck 425 officer, look inside the garage door and tell me if the test was involved.
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I'm direct.
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Engine 439, drivers, ready for water?
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Engine 25 drivers direct, be one second.
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Engine 412 from engine 404.
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Engine 412 from engine 404. Pull behind us and hit the plug so we can complete the secondary water supply.
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The time, 401, engine 404 is on the scene.
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We'll be taking third to assignment.
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Agent 404, you're right forth, you're right.
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We're going to those 412 is on the scene.
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Engine 425 officer, you're looking for her tonight if the test was involved?
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No,
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I'm in for handline-in.
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4-1. What's like you're going to hear your left-down?
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Got it got.
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Engine 39 driver, water's coming.
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Command truck 425.
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Now, of course, direct downstream into the bar of the ionic lodge.
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Small motor fire, there's got a large knock on it.
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All right, I'm direct.
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Truck 425, also, are you going inside to do primary search, start on floor 1?
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Dr. St.A.1-1 is the floor number 1.
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0146, Lipsip, near Sunny Hill Ct, cross-street, Ridge Drive.
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Engine 401,
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on Channel 4-4-4-4-146, with a sip, near Sunny Hill Ct, Cross Street, Ridge Drive.
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Come on, permission 25.
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Three doors shut.
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I see no active things in the garage.
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Hold on, putting on four hundred rooms.
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I feel it has to be essential to the interior at home.
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I've been some risk your follow, one.
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We have a test for in the garage.
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All right, Andrew 425, you were very garble, but I believe you said that the interior door is intact and there's no fire extension into the home.
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It's 425, that's correct!
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All right, Andrew 425, are you going to have good access into the garage from your location where you can attack from the inside out?
05:00
We're in the garage.
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We have our car-cutters line in that position right now. All right, I'm Greg.
05:09
Battalion 601, when you arrived on the scene, you're going to be Division Alpha.
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I'm going to have you join up with the crews at the garage, Rescue 401, and your 439.
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County 601,
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copy.
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R436 on Degra cash force unit.
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21475. Ridge Top Circle, Ridge Top Circle Medical Building, Cross Street, Mountain Tech Drive.
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4.5.
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Climline line for number one, four number two.
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All clicks.
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One operating in the Alpha Quadrant in the garage.
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Great to be on that Bravo side.
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Get out wet with electric scooters.
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Doesn't appear that the car is involved.
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All right, copy, electric scooters.
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Fairfax on command.
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Go ahead.
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One available.
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Call, so we can start on.
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Okay,
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that's permitive.
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Number.
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I have that special.
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Same from Tower 611.
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Go ahead, 611.
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Power secured from the basement.
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Search is negative.
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So that's right,
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direct. Power secured.
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Basement's quick.
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Hasmet 4-01, has Matt support 4-01.
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On Channel 4-Deltax, 439-14, Housefire, near Yelmanport, cross-street, Yelman Lane.
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Has met 401, as Matt support, 401,
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on Channel 4-Delta-Vox, 439-14, Housefire, near Yelmanport, Cross Street, Yoman Lane.
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Go ahead, hasn't that far one.
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We're coming from Princeton, Tad.
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We'll be a little bit.
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All right, I'm direct.
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Looks like we had some lithium ion batteries on a scooter to go bad.
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We should close the house far.
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Alright, we're direct.
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Location mentioned:
Near Sunny Hill Ct, McLean, VA 22101
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