Unattended campfire prompts gas smell, building evacuated, Rockport ME


Dispatchers sent fire and ambulance to a fire alarm near Miller St. Responders reported a gas smell and evacuated occupants from a section of a building that connects to another living space. Callers said an unattended campfire uphill on West Opposin Road was burning without a burn permit. The location of the fire is uphill from the caller's address and the scene is under investigation.
Audio|Source: Penobscot, Waldo, Knox County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Attention, Belfast ambulance, Belfast fire, respond at 99 Miller Street.
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Again, 99 Miller Street.
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It's an airb-b-firm going off.
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They did smell gas at one point.
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The occupants of that section of the building have been evacuated.
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It is connected to another living space in the same building.
00:24
Times 1919, code is 52-telty-5F.
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641, copy.
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Copy 641. No,
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1-212, copy.
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Copy. Copy-21.
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What's your location?
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Currently, it's 360, excuse my own road.
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Cawthon. Capplican Car 3 to knock.
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Halflething car 3, go ahead.
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Do you have any burn permit issued for what's upland Road right now?
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I have been giving them out double-checked history.
00:47
Non-veloping discovery, no burn permit that's been issued.
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Okay, okay, I'll take you. It's a blind and unattended campfire here upon West Opposin Road investigating for us.
00:58
Copy, and that that's 360-360, which is my road.
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That's the address of the caller, but the property that this fire is burning on is directly uphill.
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Not sure who's here.
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10 for a copy.
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I'm permitted burn in the area behind up the hill.
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Location mentioned:
Near Mill St, Rockport, ME 04856
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