Burnt popcorn causes smoke odor in apartment building, Normal IL
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a report of heavy smoke and a strong odor on the upper floor of a multi-family building near East College Ave. Investigation found burnt popcorn in one apartment was the cause. No active fire or danger was present.
Audio|Source: Bloomington and Normal Fire
03:13
Transcript:
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Back on Paging, Battalion 10, Engine 10, Engine 12, and Ladder 10.
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Battalion 10, Engine 10, Ladder 10, Engine 12,
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(number withheld) East College, (number withheld) East College for a possible structure fire with a very smoky hallway on the upper floor. Back on Cleared 2104.
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Engine chills on the way.
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In route 2106.
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...tend on the way (number withheld) East College.
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104.
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2106. Time 106, caller says, always very smoky, upper floor. There's a very strong smell as well in the front of the building on the east side.
00:57
Copy heavy smoke with an odor on the top floor.
01:03
Rick, I'm Ladderton in route.
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2106.
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Oh, I should be flying one of you guys down and saying it's possibly, sorry,
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possibly fall stronger on the first floor rather than a second.
01:23
Danforthland, you're following itself.
01:26
Back on engine floor.
01:33
Engine 12 is on scene. I got a medium two-story multi-family. We've got nothing shown. We'll be out of an investigation. Engine 12 ahead of command.
01:44
Engine 12 on scene with command, medium two-story, multi-family building, nothing showing on the outside, out of the destination.
01:51
21 away.
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Meck, I'm Ritchie 12 on the way to Broughman.
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Beelisk.
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Solver 14.
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Excuse me, 14.
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Roger, Robin 21-O-8.
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Hello. Magdall, I'm calling the plan.
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Go on.
02:24
We've got a smoke inside. We've got a smell motor of food.
02:28
We'll be pushing a fire on there.
02:32
Sorry, the Rio is quite on the man. He said strong odor of burnt food and switching to red.
02:39
Good.
02:49
Good.
02:54
He could hold. Good. Good. You can hold the incoming company. Good. He could hold the incoming companies, confirmed it's burnt popcorn apartment one.
03:02
Send for incoming units? Yes.
03:05
I'm having a stroke.
03:06
Sorry. Incoming units, just burnt popcorn. Apartment 1.
03:12
Okay. Just sent four.
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Location mentioned:
Near E College Ave, Normal, IL 61761
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