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Odor of gas and burning smell reported at beauty supplyNorth Providence RI

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Smithfield Rd, North Providence, RI 02904

As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency responders were called to a beauty supply store on Smithfield Road for an odor of natural gas and a burning smell. The possible source was a vacant restaurant under construction next door.

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01:8
Transcript:
00:00
My attention engines 1-3, Ladder 1, Battalion 1.
00:03
A still alarm, Sally Beauty Supply, near Smithfield Road.
00:12
Rescue 1 on Steve.
00:15
Rescue 1, (number withheld).
00:18
Let's engine one, three, another one of the time one.
00:22
Responded to the Sally Beauty Supply, near Smithfield Road,
00:26
odor of natural gas in the building.
00:28
That's engine one, engine three, ladder one, battalion one.
00:31
Respond to the Sally Beauty Supply, near Smithfield Road,
00:35
speak for an odor of natural gas in the building, crush it to Lubbock and Cushing, Company of Science, Channel 2, (number withheld).
00:46
One.
00:51
Anyone answered?
00:54
Chief B advised.
00:55
I did mention also odor of something burning in the building but no confidence in where it was coming from.
01:01
This might be the vacant restaurant that's under construction next to theirs and they were instructed to pull the hook and activate the alarm and we did receive the box.

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Smithfield Rd, North Providence, RI 02904

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