Transformer fire in electrical room of commercial school, Durham NC
Firefighters responded to a commercial school building near Geer Street where fire alarms were sounding. They found a transformer burning inside the electrical room and began isolating power and requested fans for ventilation.
Audio|Source: Durham City Fire
02:36
Transcript:
00:00
711 convention 9 where I'm seeing large two-story commercial school
00:05
No visible from the front do have strobes and an audible alarm going on
00:11
Outside will be Geer Street and we will be out investigating
00:33
711 in June we will show it and get turned like score on the second floor we're going up to investigate
00:45
Seven one copy so we're wrapped on the seat now
01:00
9V from engineer.
01:03
Go ahead.
01:06
See if you can get the...
01:08
in the last spot and see there's a master tea.
01:12
We do have a smell or something burn up here where there's no haze.
01:20
I'm sorry.
01:45
Go ahead, time.
01:48
Hey, we made entry to the electrical room.
01:50
There actually is a transformer on fire in here.
01:54
We're going to see if we can isolate this and then get it put out.
02:01
10-4[1].
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Do we need to upgrade this to the search fire?
02:09
Let's...
02:12
I'll upgrade this to a structure fire?
02:16
No, not yet.
02:20
Copy, what resources do you need for us?
02:25
I'm not going to need multiple fans for some ventilation until we can figure out how to get this out here.
02:35
For a fan.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment / OK
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Location mentioned:
W Geer St, Durham, NC 27701
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