Strong kerosene smell reported in apartment, Charlotte NC
Fire & ArsonA strong smell of kerosene was reported inside an apartment near Hilldale Way after the stove was turned on. Fire crews responded, advised evacuation, and confirmed the odor inside. They are investigating with meters. No active fire was found.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
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She was responding near Hilldale Way apartment 24 the caller advised that she turned on the stove and it now smells like pure kerosene in the home she did also mention a car that was running up on a higher level the evacuation was advised you're going to have a hydrant hilldale way and swans run road cross streets of swans run road and a dead end thirty-nine still
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My alarmics on signal.
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Chancellor, Agnes.
00:37
Section 19's on thing. Two-store department building.
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19's got command.
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I'm called vision 19 command.
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41 is you mid.
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41. 41.
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That third patient, we're just going to have him sound or refusal form. We're able to kind of talk it down a little bit. You can cancel that BLS unit and we'll be transporting shortly.
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104, problem 19, copy.
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104, we copy.
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104.5190, please.
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539 is, I'll see.
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The battalion 7 on scene.
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Engine 24 is off scene.
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Show. Seventry on scene.
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Two, four.
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Commandant 139, you would send one fire up here with your meter. We're having technical difficulties with ours.
01:56
Line through that top, it's going with the meter.
02:03
We do have an odor inside the apartment on the second floor.
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We're waiting to run a meter through it now.
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Engine 24, odor on side, near Hilldale Way on D, Delta. Engine 24, odor on side, near Hilldale Way on the Delta.
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Location mentioned:
Near Hilldale Way, Charlotte, NC 28226
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