Burning smell investigated in campus dorm HVAC unit, Claremont CA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a burning smell reported at a campus building near East Foothill Blvd in Claremont. They investigated the first and second floors and detected a strong smell of burning plastic. The source was identified as a smoking ballast in an HVAC unit of one dormitory room. No active fire was found, and the area was cleared by emergency teams.
Audio|Source: Los Angeles County Fire - Command 30
05:39
Transcript:
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Angel 101, 564 on scene.
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Coy, it's 62.
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One of one. That's Quinn 64.
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Quint 64.
00:17
Hang tight. I may have to send you up to the roof.
00:20
Campus security is currently taking away the parking barriers at this time so you can make your way closer.
00:27
They're describing that they possibly had a burning ballast on one of the HVAC units, so I may bring you into assist with that, but hang tight on foothill.
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Copy, Rothfootil.
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Hey,
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Engine 101 from Battalion 2.
00:48
I'm just about at your location. I'll handle your outside resources.
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Continue your investigation and letting know what your needs are as you get them.
00:58
Battalion 2, copy your report.
01:01
Assisting with resources staged on foothill.
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Engine 101, correction.
01:08
Engine 102, engine 62, go ahead and start your investigation on the second floor.
01:17
62, copy, second floor.
01:23
Battalion, two o'er.
01:26
Go ahead OLA.
01:29
McClare 151 is going to have a 25-minute ETA. You want to cancel them and get another county resource?
01:38
That's a permanent.
01:40
Okay.
01:46
Yeah, Quint 64 from Battalion 2. Just maintain your location on Foothill and until 101's get some more information.
01:58
Quint 64 got me.
02:03
Battalion 2 from Ender 101.
02:07
Go ahead.
02:12
Italian two, we've done a search, a primary search of the first floor and the second floor. There is a strong smell of burning plastic.
02:20
We haven't checked the route yet.
02:22
I feel comfortable holding ourselves engine 62, engine 102 in a quince.
02:35
Okay, copy that.
02:36
You may want to talk with some of the college personnel about bringing that heavy quint on that concrete there.
02:44
And is it best to use ground ladders or an aerial?
02:50
They can handle with ground ladders.
02:59
Tattu Quint 185, we're holding on Quill.
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Engine 62 and 102 and you want to keep the quint as well, so just U4 units.
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The Tide 2nd185, we're holding with the point 164 if you need it.
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185 is, I'm going to go ahead and release you.
03:30
The Italian 2, engine 101.
03:35
Go ahead, 101.
03:39
The Italian 2 from engine 101, we could probably cut loose Quint 64. It looks like we located the source of the smell, possibly a smoking ballast from a single room in one of the dormitories.
03:57
Okay, copy that, we'll release all the rest of the units. Why don't you go ahead and notify LA who you want to keep and I'm going to go ahead and clear.
04:07
Copy that.
04:12
LA Squad 1-1, confirm we were canceled on the commercial fire.
04:18
As standby, engine 101 is going to have a follow-up.
04:27
L.A. Engine 101 with a follow-up report.
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Go ahead.
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L.A. Engine 101, 560, east foothill,
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engine 101, engine 62,
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engine 102,
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can handle.
04:43
We'll continue to hold onto the comp plan. You can release all other assisting units.
04:48
LA copies Engine 101. Engine 62, Engine 102 Can Handle or staying on Command 30 with the smoking ballast.
05:03
Engine 602 on Command 30.
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Go ahead for Engine 62.
05:12
And just to cover a basis, Campus Security as well as facilities are going to go open up the route for you.
05:19
Just have a look up there and check the HVAC unit just to make sure we think we've isolated it to the one room. We're just trying to find the source.
05:29
62 copy and FYI, we're working with Campus Security so far. The second floor is clear.
05:37
Copy your report, second floor clear.
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Near E Foothill Blvd, Claremont, CA 91711
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