Smoke alarm at apartment caused by pot on stove

Heard on: Santa Clara CA Fire Dispatch Group Calls

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Engine 44, RP, smell smoke and here's a fire alarm going off.

00:04

It's actually going to be (number withheld) Miramar, (number withheld) Miramar, number (number withheld).

00:09

There's an elderly male inside who's looking out, refusing to open the door.

00:13

We're going to start patrol for a welfare check as well.

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44.

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Engine 44. RP is going to be standing across the street.

00:22

He's wearing a black t-shirt.

00:29

Engine 44, let me go there.

00:32

Go ahead.

00:34

Just for info, the RP did say it smelled like burning plastic and that the male's eyes were blood red through the window, but he wouldn't open the door.

00:43

Copy, on scene, two-story wood frame structure, nothing showing.

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244,

00:48

stay out there on camera.

00:51

Two forty-one, copy.

00:54

We have 500 and forty-one county units on scene.

00:58

One hundred and forty-one.

00:59

Two forty-four, can you guys just come on up here? No need to.

01:05

Two forty-four, copy.

01:08

Forty-four, pot on the stove, and you can cancel patrol.

2026-09-13 18:58 UTC

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Miramar Way, Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Smoke alarm at apartment caused by pot on stove

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a reported fire alarm and smell of smoke at an apartment on Miramar Way. A caller reported an elderly man inside who would not open the door and described the odor as burning plastic. Fire personnel checked the unit and determined it was a pot on the stove, then canceled the patrol.

Smoke alarm at apartment caused by pot on stove

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