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Smoke odor traced to new HVAC unit in commercial buildingSalem OR

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Near 12th St SE, Salem, OR 97302

Fire responders investigated a report of smoke in a commercial building near 12th Street Southeast, Salem. They found that the smell was caused by oil burning off from a newly installed heating unit in the building's ventilation system. No fire was found and the situation was cleared safely.

Audio|Source: Salem Fire
03:40
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 1, METIC 2, Latter 2, BC2, engine 5, engine 6, and engine 10.
00:07
Respond to smoke and A-structure clear joint gymitology.
00:10
At near 12th Street Southeast, Salem; Unit 130, Cross Street, Surly Street Southeast and Waller Street Southeast.
00:26
Engine 7. Respond to Public Service.
00:29
At near Matter Street southeast.
00:32
Cross streets are Woodside Drive southeast and Walden Drive southeast.
00:40
Dispatch from county two, you can show me in route.
00:43
M.D.C. is now.
00:50
The location's small and smoke, it's slightly hazy, they're evacuating, no fire scene, and where it's coming from.
01:02
The time, two copies.
01:09
All units from moderate, dude, nothing into pre-plan.
01:16
Tenient two copies.
01:23
Engine one's arrived off the side, it's a brick,
01:26
commercial structure, nothing's showing, looks evacuated,
01:28
we'll be investigating.
01:34
Do you want arriving,
01:36
nothing's showing in evacuated?
01:37
Inger 6-stage diner.
01:40
Okay.
01:44
The time I do arrived.
01:48
Copy.
01:53
All the coming units, engine one.
01:55
We have a smell of smoke inside the structure.
01:59
It's moved like a rubber belt.
02:01
Ladder truck, when you get here, let's go to the roof and check for H-Mac on the roof.
02:09
Ladder 2 copies topside.
02:17
And ladder 2 from Engine 1.
02:18
It was reported that when they, before they started smelling the smoke, that they heard some clanking and some banging up on the roof.
02:29
There are two copies.
02:30
We're going to see if we can get a better access from the alley.
02:37
Agent 10 space.
02:43
All units from Engine 1, just stand by.
02:46
Ladder truck's going to go to the roof and check the HVAC.
02:49
We just have a slight smell inside.
02:51
No smoke, no fire yet.
02:57
The 2 copies.
02:58
I'll leave you on command.
03:01
Engine 1 copy.
03:06
The man from Latter 2, there is a couple of guys working on the HVAC or slunk of the check on.
03:14
Okay.
03:15
Yeah, let me know what you guys find out there.
03:21
Man from Latter 2.
03:22
Talk to the maintenance guys up here, they just put a heated changer in and it's the oil burning off.
03:31
Copy. Just fast from Engine 1.
03:33
You can recall the alarm.
03:37
Have a recall on the smoking of structure, 12th Street, Salem.

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