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Smoke machine mistaken for fire near Oak Street in SaratogaSaratoga CA

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Near Oak St, Saratoga, CA 95070

Fire units responded to a report of thick black smoke near Oak Street and Third Street in Saratoga. Upon arrival, they found that the smoke was coming from a smoke machine being tested at a residence. There was no fire, hazard, or emergency present.

Audio|Source: Santa Clara County Fire Dispatch - Command 72
02:33
Transcript:
00:00
Battalion 74, Engine 73, Rescue 73, Engine 78, Engine 79, Haznet 72, Safety 72, and Truck 85, Full First Structure Response, Oak Street, Saratotas Area.
00:18
And all he is responding on this possible structure fire, go ahead, continue to respond on county fire primary until we get a command channel open. All right, if you're going to confirm,
00:35
right in the power.
00:39
We've got the person available now for the command channel. So all units for Oak and 3rd on a possible structure fire. Now the RPG saw lots of smoke in the back yard of a house.
00:52
No flames were seen.
00:54
Doesn't have an actual address. But all units switch to County Command, 72 for the fire on Oak Street Street, Trophy, especially in the command 32. Okay.
01:04
Gotcha.
01:07
Command 72, 173 is up.
01:13
Mr. 172, Agent 73's. I'll see in the area investigating.
01:21
No insurance so far, confirmed.
01:22
No address.
01:26
NG 73, the area investigating affirmative RP called about Oak and Third, saying that there's a lot of black smoke coming from a house that we shouldn't miss it.
01:36
He doesn't know the digit.
01:42
Rescue 73, stage, anthraiser.
01:46
Rescue, 73, staging, anthraiser.
01:52
And 72,
01:54
engine 73.
01:56
Angie 753, 5.
02:04
They're in contact with a residence near Oak Street and Third Street.
02:12
They just had a smoke machine on or they were just testing it.
02:16
There's no hazards there.
02:19
We can get with a balance and they can show us a clear train.
02:24
Engine 179, copy, make contact near Oak Street. It's a smoke machine that's testing, no hazard will cancel the balance.

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Near Oak St, Saratoga, CA 95070

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