Smoke reported from laundry room at apartment complex, Clearwater FL

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/20/2025 07:07 PM

Near 62nd St N, Clearwater, FL 33760

Fire crews responded to smoke in a laundry room at Country Oak Apartments in Largo, Florida. A washing machine was being used when smoke filled the room. Firefighters found light smoke and a burning rubber smell from a likely malfunctioning appliance. No injuries occurred.

Audio|Source: Pinellas County Fire and EMS

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Transcript:

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Air Attack Echo, Engine 43, Truck 41, Engine 39, Truck 42, Squad 42, Rescue 42,

00:08

District 41, District 45, LR 42, Structured fire, Country Oak Apartments, near 14th Street Northwest, Grid 3-42B,

00:16

Engine 43, Truck 41, Engine 33, Truck 41, Engine 39, Truck 47, Rescue,

00:23

42, District 41, District 45, LR 42, Fire Attack Academy.

00:31

Tell her who he was finding.

00:36

This batch shows all units at the exception of LR.

00:40

42 responding via MBC, responding to Century Oaks Apartments, near 14th Street Northwest, Unit 1,

00:48

Caller advised they were using the washing machine and then the room filled with smoke.

00:53

No recorded injuries at this time.

00:55

Nothing further.

01:01

129, District 41.

01:09

We just cleared our last medical call in seconds to tempt us.

01:15

Yeah, go ahead, place yourself on the call.

01:18

01:23

Coke, 330, Crystal Court, East.

01:26

Grid 100B, QI-57, very tech...

01:32

This shirt 41 dispatch, you can show me on scene, two-story apartment complex.

01:38

Nothing showing.

01:39

So I had an Alpha Prado.

01:41

I'll be logged command of accountability located on site Alpha.

01:48

Let's set a trip everyone on scene, lock with man accountability, side of alpha.

01:52

Two-story apartment complex, nothing showing.

01:59

And dispatch, you can show me as mobile for now.

02:02

That's the General 3.1 mobile.

02:08

Central 41, Tonsine.

02:13

Command dispatch.

02:19

We'll be operating in investigative mode.

02:22

Initial shows light smoke in the laundry, and the laundry room, smells like current rubber belt.

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Near 62nd St N, Clearwater, FL 33760

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