Electric water heater fire causes smoke and melting, Charlotte NC
Fire & ArsonA fire occurred in the back patio room near Brandon Forest Dr & Sharon Rd W involving an electric hot water heater. The fire caused significant smoke and melted plastic drip tray and PVC piping. Firefighters extinguished the fire and requested an investigator's opinion.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
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Like 50.
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Go ahead.
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Switch 3, you're getting raised on. Drop detection and overturn.
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Okay.
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Control. Two-free gunned ones going to be clear and available.
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Two quick one. Two more.
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Did you want to see a med?
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C1. Okay,
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sir, could you show us transporting to the NE's office, please?
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That's there, Paul.
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On patient contact, the medics from see.
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2426.
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Five.
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Two-five, go ahead.
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You can carry it for close your head.
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Double.
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45 to alarm.
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945, go ahead.
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945, go ahead.
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Nelson, you have an investigator meet me on this channel, please.
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24, that of 45.
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Alarm said, any investigator on echo, any investigator on echo.
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Investigated to command.
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Investigator 2 is letter 45.
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We've got a call for a tech extinguished fire.
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We're in the back patio room where the hot water heater is and it's a full of black soot and it looks to be that there is the plastic drip tray underneath the hot water heater and some old PVC pipe that have burned and melted and want to see if you need to come out or what your opinion is.
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Is it a gas-fired water heater?
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Negative, it's electric.
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Okay,
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let's give me a call on my cell phone if you don't mind.
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Okay, go ahead with your number, whenever you're ready. Yeah.
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(number withheld)
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(number withheld). That one.
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Location mentioned:
Brandon Forest Dr & Sharon Rd W, Charlotte, NC 28210
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