Trash can fire near porta toilets behind school board, Appomattox VA


A trash can near the portable toilets behind the school board building caught fire caused by a cigarette. The fire was quickly extinguished by the rescue unit and no further fire department response was needed.
Audio|Source: Appomattox Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
Matt Max, can you use fire to bring a fire extinguisher down to the Port-a-Johns? We've got our trash can that's smoking.
00:09
10-4[1].
00:24
In a trash can near the Port-a-Body.
00:30
Did he get a more specific location?
00:36
Stand-bye.
00:39
Fire needs a more specific location.
00:45
We're in the back parking lot behind the school board. Let him know, though, I've got the trash being dumped out and got it out with a cigarette in there with some paper towels burning up.
00:56
10-4[1]. No fire is no longer needed.
01:00
10-4[1], they can discard.
01:06
Well, the rescue unit got the fire out. It was going to be in a trash can behind the school board building. It was a cigarette.
01:14
Timble.
01:17
12, we will stand down.
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment/Affirmative
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Appomattox, VA 24522
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