Smoke fills tavern after fireplace log lighting in Chestertown, Chestertown MD
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to smoke filling the White Swan Tavern on near High Street, Chestertown after a starter log was lit in the fireplace. They found smoke throughout the building but no active fire and inspected the chimney and roof for safety. The building was checked and cleared, and no injured persons were reported.
Audio|Source: Kent County Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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And the 68 dose response structure fire at near High Street, the White Swan Tavern.
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Caller Vise, they lit a starter log in the fireplace,
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and now the exception and it's filled up with smoke.
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6-8-2-the-high interest passed away.
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On the right.
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Copy.
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Trial letter 5, sir.
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Trial letter 5, 2,149.
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Dumpurston.
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Two-story bricks and commercial.
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Nothing else inside Alpha, Bravo, Delta.
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BMS-G can count, 625 a high street cam.
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Act 3, 20 and 49.
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Okay, I'm in hydrant.
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I'm probably 10 news as well.
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Okay,
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what was your message?
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We'll have an hydrogen after.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Okay. Okay.
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Okay, command.
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I'll smoke position Division 1, we're investigating it to me.
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Stand by for 360.
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Okay.
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Interior, ma'am.
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Go ahead.
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When the first truck gets here, it's right.
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When the first truck gets here, I found them got in laddered the roof.
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Copy. Can't do I have a serial in the room?
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I stand by where we're checking with point A.
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Copy.
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Copy.
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The TOW letter south away.
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Okay,
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Trial Letter 5.
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Copy. Trial Light 5.
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Your first on scene.
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Go ahead and ladder the roof.
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I forgot which chimney it is now.
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Fly five to rise.
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We're on the Alpha side, first special service.
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Alright, Scott.
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Rescue engine 6 with 2.
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Rescue engine 6, 2151, dump response.
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Commandant, what do I have a route?
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You have Russian engine 6, tire ladder 5,
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Quinault's engine 71,
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one location you have engine 68 and Queen Anne squad 5.
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Command 6.
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First one.
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Okay, Command 6.
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I copy, Rescuing 6.
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Stand by a secondary plug.
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71 and 186 side Charlie, established water sports on that side and stand by for assignment.
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Queen Anne.
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Refuge into 7.7.
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Resolving with the racing.
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Queen's Rescue, age 7.21.52.
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Delt for response.
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Rescue Engine 6 is standing by Cannon and Cross.
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Convenient six, all right?
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Okay, Command 6.
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Command account with the exception.
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Agent 6-8, 2nd, squad 5,
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all other units, level 1 stage.
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Face to face to the face to the rear of engine 68.
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Box 60-1, command by the engine 6-8, squad 5, all-ar units, level 1 stage.
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Going into 71 to rise, staging at the hydrant at 226 cannon.
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Waited into 71, okay.
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Chief 6, Ken.
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I'll be assuming command.
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Captain 6, I have operations.
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Okay, Chief 6.
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You know, impossible malfunctioning fire, please.
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Okay, Keith.
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This time.
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Okay.
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5-03 command.
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Okay, 5-03.
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When you come on the front door,
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to the right, on the Delta side,
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is the fireplace in question.
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The firebox has been cleaned out.
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We need to check it from the top.
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And the rest of the squad, five crews completing the primary search.
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We have pretty good smoke conditions throughout.
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Let me and copy.
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Captain 16, give me an all-clear of the residents.
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Correct, stay my.
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Comedic one, Sterling.
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Okay, permate one.
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Strong research, negative, succinct fluid.
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Command to AMLT2, can you guys try to round up the guests in front of the building there and just check and start seeing who he's all saying there and he's not, some of you start getting numbers on how many people?
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Operational command.
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They don't know where the image is currently where they said there wasn't all clear on the structure.
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Command copy.
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All clear per CPD.
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Command to Tower Ladder 5, media on side alpha.
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I'm going to try to get you up to the roof possibly.
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Okay. We're all the seat.
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Okay.
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Search company command.
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I'm going to search negative.
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I would search negative.
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First walk you.
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Commandant copy.
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Sectors are negative.
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Lieutenant 6-1, command.
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The owner of the restaurant is coming out to you.
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Okay, I'm over at the command unit.
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I look for any command.
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If you have the owner, we have one locked door on Division II, we weren't able to check.
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Okay,
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I'll try to get you a key.
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Engineer from engine 6A, can you contact the owner and try to get that key for 503? That's right.
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Okay, command.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Okay. Racing engine 6 on location.
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That's correct.
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They're at TN and standing by in secondary water source.
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Okay.
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Looks like you still have Quinnian Rescue Engine 7 en route.
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Location mentioned:
Near High St, Chestertown, MD 21620
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