Smoke at restaurant caused by HVAC issue, no fire, Wichita KS
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to smoke coming from a light fixture at a restaurant near East Douglas Avenue during dinner hours. No flames were seen. The restaurant was evacuated as a precaution. The smoke was later attributed to HVAC system problems, not an active fire.
Audio|Source: Wichita and Sedgwick County Fire Tac 1-7
02:24
Transcript:
00:00
Units through to the Ability Fire 4714, east douglas is going to be at the wine dive, so they have smoke coming out of the light fixture, smells like an electrical fire, going to be operating TAC-1[1] on arrival.
00:13
They are also in the middle of their dinner rush right now, and they are serving guests currently,
00:18
but no flame seen.
00:24
We got nothing shown from a single-story restaurant.
00:29
We're going to investigate.
00:31
We're going to investigate.
00:35
Thank you, 3. We've got better with command.
00:41
Secretary is off the improvement.
00:44
John 3. Why don't you help engine 9 with investigation?
00:49
Injibok, we're on the scene.
00:51
I got a hydrant.
00:54
Come in from engine 9.
00:56
I'm evacuating a place.
00:58
Apparently they think dinner is more important than smoke, but we don't have anything inside.
01:05
Okay, clear inside.
01:09
Yeah, I'm going ahead and evacuating it, just in case.
01:15
Yep, that sounds good.
01:17
I got you engine 5.
01:20
Plus 15's on scene.
01:26
5.15, why don't you guys get dressed and you'll be fire attack with him? Sure.
01:30
If we have anything.
01:33
That's what.
01:35
Hey man from truck 3.
01:36
We're going to go and get on the roof and stick from the top.
01:41
Yep, that sounds good.
01:46
All units are out on Douglas, you can shut down regular traffic.
01:54
Truck 3 from engine on.
02:00
Truck 3 from engine on.
02:02
Right on.
02:09
I guess what they were seeing was some smoke that was coming in through some of the vents and they've been having issues with their HVAC.
02:16
So if we can get those checked up there.
02:22
Yes, Tim, we're setting a ladder now to make actually
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
TAC-1: Tactical radio channel 1 for on-scene operations
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Location mentioned:
Near E Douglas Ave, Wichita, KS 67208
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