Light smoke detected from vents in Chula Vista building, Chula Vista CA
Fire & ArsonResponders reported light smoke coming from multiple vents in a building in Chula Vista. The smoke appeared near a water heater or cooking appliance vent. They investigated the source, noting the smell like wood or insulation, and considered turning off an exhaust fan and possibly pulling the ceiling to find where the smoke was coming from.
Audio|Source: Heartland Fire
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Transcript:
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Metro Engine 61. Engine 51. Engine 51. See, a little light smoke coming out of some different vents. One looks like a plumbing vent. And the other one looks like either a...
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water heater or some sort of a cooking appliance. We're definitely towards the Charlie[1] side mid-span. I copy that. Yeah, there's still production here in the attic. And I'm assuming we're right underneath you right now, but that pressurized exhaust fan is where the source is or at least it's funneling it up to you. Yeah, we're going to try shutting it down, but it's...
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Unfortunately, it smells like wood or insulation. See any insulation that's warm or discolored? I'm looking at it right now, but that doesn't mean it's not it. Chris, if you go five feet in from that Charlie[1] Wall, and again, it looks like it's either a water heater or some sort of appliance vent. Not sure what that is. But we've got a couple different vents up here, letting out a little smoke.
01:24
Yeah, I think they were cooking earlier today in a big oven, which is exactly where you're talking about, and it has an exhaust bank going straight up to the Charlie[1] side. Okay.
01:54
Chris, that air hand... The exhaust fan is off now. I don't know if you guys turned it off, but it's not running, but we still have smoke coming out of these fans. Yeah, Chabot turned it off, we're seeing if that was just something maybe going to ask you when you thought blowing it out to see if that was the source. I don't want to introduce more option, but I don't think we're going to hurt it by trying to blow it out to find the source, otherwise we have to start pulling some ceiling. Chris, we're sitting inside a TWN.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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Charlie: Fireground sector or location reference (commonly 'C' side of building)
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Chula Vista, CA
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