Fire investigated at three-story apartment complex in Sidney, Sidney OH
Fire and police responded to a smoke investigation at a three-story apartment building on Countryside in Sidney, Ohio. Vehicles were moved to clear access for the fire department. The fire department searched the building but found no visible fire or heat sources. Several apartments were evacuated as a precaution. The occupant suspected the furnace might have caused the smoke. The building was checked thoroughly and all areas cleared after confirming the situation was under control.
Audio|Source: Sidney Police and Fire Dispatch
05:59
Transcript:
00:00
Your officer has their vehicles parked directly in front of the apartment complex. We need all their vehicles cleared to the north side of the parking lot, please.
00:07
That's clear.
00:08
Dispatch from a lot of size up.
00:11
All PD units on Countryside, move your vehicles for the fire department to the north side of the building.
00:20
Special medic one engine three are on the scene. It's going to be a three-story apartment complex wood frame. There's nothing showing from the next year.
00:28
Engine three is going to be investigating Chief 22 as command.
00:31
I'll be out on 360.
00:35
Ingen three-year-old, correct. The next one year on team have a three-story wood structure.
00:40
C-22 be out investigating.
00:42
C-223 did you catch that traffic. Traffic.
00:47
Quint three, I want you to take for the building as possible.
00:49
I'm on the third floor. I'm coming down.
00:53
All right, quick.
00:55
Dispatch from C-21, 221. Go on Route, countryside.
00:59
T-21, you're in, Matt.
01:02
Dispatch, point three, on T.
01:06
Sidney, Officer, we need to move your vehicles immediately.
01:12
Apartment 1, 3, and 9 are empty, I've been told.
01:18
Quint 2 from command, you've got a hydrant right on the curve of countryside.
01:23
I want you to stage there until we figure out if we have another hydrant back here.
01:28
I'll also notify that apartment 4 is vacant.
01:31
Quint 2 has a hydrant.
01:34
Plus clearance 3.
01:37
Clint, too, if you back into the South Drive, you'll be able to get a little close to the building.
01:41
I made contact the first floor,
01:44
apartment on the left, a few months the doors get together and stuff.
01:48
That's clear, we're backing in.
01:54
The dispatch room coming out of 360 or 4.
01:57
Okay, go ahead.
02:03
Negative on a basement, there's nothing showing from the exterior.
02:07
There are a 360 report, negative on basement.
02:17
Command, if you're able to switch back to me, your radio traffic has been broken on fire ops.
02:24
One 18, 223.
02:26
Good.
02:30
Command is clear. Command to all units. Switch back to 50 fire mains.
02:35
Cruises was clear on fire main.
02:38
Can you get a list going in front of the building, see who's evacuated one apartments? We're pretty sure the first war has been evacuated.
02:47
Yes, that's from Chief 21. Chief 21-1 team.
02:51
Chief 21 Yon-Seen.
02:52
We have apartments 5, 6, 7, and 8 on the second floor.
03:00
Agent 3 from Jenkins.
03:03
Go ahead.
03:05
That's your location.
03:09
Department 3.
03:14
223 is 5 and 8 are evacuating.
03:21
We're still in Toronto on 6 and 9.
03:24
6 and 9. They're supposedly immigrants.
03:28
Apartment 7 is clear.
03:35
Clear. I've got 1, 2, 3, 4,
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5, 7, 8, 10, 11, and 12 are out.
03:46
Okay, when I spoke with the occupants out front,
03:50
the immigrant, they said that they were in apartment 9, and that's all I could gather.
03:55
You're clear. That leads six is the only one we're unsure of.
04:00
Now you enter in apartment six, doors locked.
04:04
223, you said third floor is clear?
04:07
Affirmative 9-10, 11, 12 are clear.
04:11
Mayer, we're moving to Division 2, Crew Hess.
04:14
Here, clear us.
04:17
Command from Central.
04:19
Good.
04:24
We do have a light haze in here. We're seeing no signs of heat signatures anywhere. No trip breakers.
04:32
Warners our ventilation.
04:34
That's clear. The occupant advised she shut off her furnace prior to leaving. She thinks it might be from her furnace.
04:40
That's clear.
04:42
Command and crew have.
04:44
Go ahead.
04:57
We spoke with PD.
04:59
Everything is clear except Apartments 8 and 6. We're waiting for residents to get out. That's Division 2.
05:05
Vision 3 is clear and Division 1 as well.
05:09
Clear. You have an all clear Division 1, Division 3, waiting on apartment 8 and 6.
05:19
Satch from command.
05:24
Command, go ahead.
05:29
We can log in all clear on primary, all three floors.
05:35
Clear, logging all clear on primary, all three floors, 823.
05:42
2016 session.
05:47
216. I'll be doing it.
05:51
Okay.
05:53
That's right.
05:57
From Commands.
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