Fire crews investigate mulch smell in building basement, North Wales PA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews investigated a mulch-like odor in the basement area of a building at English Village Apartments, 700 Lower State Road. Multiple basement areas were checked, finding a fabrication or woodworking activity as the probable source, with no active fire detected.
Audio|Heard on: Montgomery County Fire and EMS East, Bucks Fire/EMS West
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03:36
Transcript:
00:00
Officer from the Assistant.
00:06
I hear you guys walking above me.
00:09
Basement's clear, but the basement down here does not extend under the area where we smell that mulch smell.
00:17
I don't know if there's another basement over there or not.
00:23
Okay, we check this.
00:26
From the top side, but we're not having anything.
00:32
Alright, can anyone run over there and just verify if that has a basement or not?
00:42
That's the sign there that sent back in the door for you going to check?
00:49
Yeah, if there's a basement there, you can't get to it from this building.
00:52
I'm just curious to see if there's a door.
00:56
Okay.
01:01
We're checking the pre-plan as we speak.
01:07
Out from the basement.
01:23
AINA fire alarm, the Addison at English Village Apartments, 700 Lower State Road, box 3990.
01:29
15, a fire alarm,
01:32
The Addison at English Village Apartments, 700 Lower State Road.
01:35
Off Squire Drive, Welsh Road, Road, Rock 3990, Fortune.
01:39
This is from Quint Officer.
01:41
We checked that area very thoroughly underneath the living top and there is no entry if there is a basement from here.
01:52
This is your...
01:57
Engine 15 and 3.
02:00
Engine 15, okay.
02:02
Calls on location building 20.
02:03
Starting the alarm, going off, no smoke or fire scene.
02:11
We're off, sir.
02:14
Go ahead.
02:22
This is from Quince 27th.
02:27
Go ahead.
02:35
Are you walking on that side where 1000 patients at? I believe I'm in the basement below you.
02:44
Coming out the front door right now.
02:48
Okay, I'll just do a face-to-face.
02:55
Officer from the assistant.
03:00
Go ahead.
03:03
We rolled out the basement on both wings that we could get into.
03:07
We're about to enter the basement under the wing where we smelt the mulch.
03:11
There is some sort of fabrication going on down here.
03:20
After that, we narrowed it down to pretty much that we can only smell it at one location.
03:26
And it does smell like some type of woodwork being done, but until we can find a source, we can't roll it out.
03:34
We see if we're in here now, we'll let you know.
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Location mentioned:
Lower State Rd, North Wales, PA 19454
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