Electrical issue causes smoke in Spokane Valley apartment, Spokane Valley WA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to smoke reported inside an apartment at Purn Court Apartments near East Mansfield Avenue in Spokane Valley. The smoke was coming from a bedroom heater due to an electrical issue with a baseboard heater. Residents evacuated except one initially refusing to leave. The fire was contained and cooled down with no injuries or criminal activity found.
Audio|Source: Spokane City and County Fire / EMS Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Commercial Structure Fire, Valley Ladder 8, Engine 5, Engine 2, Engine 9, Valley 21, Valley 31,
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(number withheld), East Mansfield Avenue,
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Purn Court Apartments, Channel Fire Off 15,
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Commercial Response Structure Fire.
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You're out to (number withheld) East Mansfield. Cull report is being smoke inside of their apartment with unit 42.
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They indicate the smoke is coming from the bedroom at the active day apartment, unknown cause. They have evacuated.
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So, someone copy.
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We're clear of our medical call here on Fairview. You can add us to the clean fire fire.
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Copy.
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This is in the Rass Mansfield. Collar is now diving.
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She is refusing to evacuate, believe it may be coming from the heater in the bedroom.
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(number withheld), East Mansfield. Purn Court Apartments.
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Channel Fire Up 15.
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Commercial response, structure fire.
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It's right from Bally, Latter-A. Bally, Latter-Aid.
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Go ahead.
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Stand by for outer arc.
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Fire call. Airway Hides Engine 1.
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West 19th Avenue and South Campbell Street. All right 17. Small two-thirds here, hall.
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Nothing's showing.
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Any offensive with a can.
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Go on interior on Unit 42.
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will be a domain Supreme Court Command.
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Offenters.
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Cappies, Multi-story Interior Hall, nothing showing, offensive strategy, inferior, and unit 42, Korean Court, command.
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Command,
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go ahead.
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3.60 complete same number of charge in charge. Contability will be Dalli Latter 8 on A-Sides. We're still working on evacuating the apartment right now.
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That's copies the countability side alpha, dollar letter 8, 360 complete, working on evacuation.
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First, new engine from Marine Corps Command.
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I found your side.
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You can commit to the parking lot, go northbound on Purringport. We do have smoke in the apartment, unknown stores.
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All right, south.
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Just specially 2117.
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Valley 411.
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Just that's our way ahead of 11 route.
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All right,
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thank you, 1.
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We're a part of a gray-blue haze smoke from the transit area.
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Go ahead. Go ahead. Go ahead.
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(number withheld), come here in the parking lot, position your apparatus on the south side,
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the AD corner of this building.
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Prepared a stretch of line right now I think we got what we need from the baseboard here.
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Do you have a copy.
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Alpha Bravo corner, stretch the line.
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Free command from that was 21.
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Go ahead.
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I understand you're in the offensive strategy in apartment 42 trying to identify the source of the smoke. You've got Valley Engine 5, positioning on the off the above corner to stretch a line, preparing to stretch a line. That's correct in the camp.
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Yeah, that's affirmative.
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Here's how we find engine 5 stage.
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We're going to check the floor below.
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We have smoke coming up through the floor slash page for it on floor to unit 42.
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All right. Excuse me.
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Copy. I'm going to go ahead and assume creating command.
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I'm going to leave you on the offensive strategy investigating. Valley Agent 5, I'm going to find you to fire control.
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Valley Jena State to the Hydernavance County. I'm going to find you water supply if it's needed to Valony Engine 5 and then rigged side alpha.
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All right, tonight, level 1.
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Valleagin copy of the water supply rig.
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Valle engine 5 from print command.
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When you have an opportunity to get in there and take a look, give me a can please.
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The engine 5 is copy. We're trying to make entrance to the unit below 42, see if there's anything,
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any fire smoke shown from the inside of that unit.
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Okay,
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I'm going to make you Fire Control Group. I'm going to sign Use Fire Control Group. You're going to be working for Allen Engine 5.
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Just going to say, I got me working for Valley 5.
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Change, you want to service. It's your people.
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Is that churley-hygid and one off the team? We've got a 10 by 10 slash Malberry.
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We'll be on second.
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We're on team. We're not seeing you have a pass for us.
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A little one.
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I'm not going on next. Elko.
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On investigating, Campbell, Command.
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Agent Chief, on deck. On deck.
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That's from Mansfield Command.
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Command. Man, go ahead.
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The Valley 21 is going to be assuming Mansealed Command, whatever we're made in the offensive strategy. The command post is located inside of the tab of Valley 21 or beyond the Alpha Delta corner of the structure and safety is established.
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Bringing command from Galley Letter 8.
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That is Sam.
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So what's your status change?
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Floor 1 is clear.
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No issue.
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It looks like this is a baseboard into the wall on floor 2.
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We've isolated the electrical issue and it's starting to cool down now.
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I think we can handle with Valley Engine 5, Valley Ladder 8, all units are clear.
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Location mentioned:
Near E Mansfield Ave, Spokane Valley, WA 99206
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