Smoke and electrical burning smell at commercial building, Middletown PA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire units responded to a commercial and residential building near Market Street Extension, Mountain View Road, and Hanover Street for a reported odor of smoke and electrical burning. The smell was traced to a heating unit outside the building. The building was evacuated, and firefighters investigated with no visible fire inside the structure.
Audio|Heard on: Dauphin County Fire - Digital
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03:45
Transcript:
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Fox 592, near Market Street Extension, cross Mountain View Road and Hanover Street,
00:05
for an odor of smoke inside, class 1.
00:07
Company 59 is 2, Tower 88, 2019.
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Okay, I have you, engine 54.
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Engine 54. Engine 54.
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We got it in 54.
00:27
We'll clear the loves.
00:29
We're going to add on the 59 bucks since we're close enough.
00:34
Engine 54, okay.
00:35
It's going to be on Opt 4, opt 4.
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Chief 591.
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Chief 591, okay.
00:48
Chief 591, okay. Chief 59.
00:52
2.59, okay.
00:53
Caller's advising and there is an electric burning smell coming from the heating unit outside.
00:57
There's also smoking earlier in the day as well.
00:59
The R.C. evacuated.
01:01
It's going to be outside coming from the heater unit.
01:08
Copy Cahney.
01:09
What's her ops?
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It's going to be opt for, opts four, opts four.
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Copy four.
01:21
County, can you reattach the D.O.
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to the fire alarm roadstreetry, please.
01:28
Zero 54, okay.
01:33
We're in middle of the row town home, nothing evident from the, from the Alpha, Bravo,
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and Delta side.
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I'll be out investigating.
01:45
259, okay.
01:47
Johnny, under 551.
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Engine 551.
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Moving around that 59 box with 6.
02:01
Engine 551, okay.
02:07
First engine in hydrogen at Mountain View, or Mountain View and Market Street Extended.
02:17
Engine 551 copies, Mountain View and Market Street Extended.
02:26
505, leave yours on the street by my vehicle, let room for the truck to get in a parking lot.
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Copy by your vehicle, leave room for the truck.
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Tower 88, 6.
02:40
Tower 88, okay, it's off to 4, off the 4.
02:42
Okay, it's off the 4.
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Engine 59, okay, off to 4, off 4.
02:57
The 155-1 is arriving for a two-engine assignment with the plug at Mountain View, Market Street Extension.
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Engine 551, okay.
03:10
You just send me an investigative team.
03:17
You don't need to pull a line, just send me an investigation team.
03:27
Chief one of the jeep, just so you're aware, you're up to at least two engines due to add-ons on this.
03:35
That's Q59 with 2.
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Copy, according to Company 59, Engine 551.
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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:
Market St Ext, Middletown, PA 17057
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