Chemical release reported in laundry room, no fire found, Elgin IL
Fire & ArsonEmergency services responded to a report of a possible fire caused by a chemical release in the laundry room of a center. Staff confirmed a bleach leak but no fire was detected after checking the area.
Audio|Source: Elgin Fire
03:45
Transcript:
5.2, engine 6, engine 4, ambulance 4, Battalion 1, Battalion 21. We have a possible fire in the laundry room at Markland-Westman Center, 1435 Summit Street. They're evacuating the residents in the area, all units switched to ops too. Engine 23. Fire alarm activation, 720, Schneider Drive, Home City Ice, between Sundown Road and Industrial Drive, timeout 0950. Engine 23, Fire Alarm Activation[1], 720 Schneider Drive. 1023, I show you, dispatched to 720 Schneider, Schneider, Home City, Ice for the alarm. Go ahead on Apps 2. Did you deploy to turn a route for about 30 seconds? 10-4-inchin-forward route. All units responding to the Markland-Westman. center report to the west side of the building west side of the building per staff that mark when you've got nothing shown from three sides yeah investigating make one-on-two command okay ten-four one-on-two's commands nothing's showing from three sites Command engine five is rolling up. Okay, stand by one second. Apparently there's two separate incidents going on. We have a bleach explosion of some sort and potentially a fire in the laundry room. You have 1435? Just stand by here. We're talking with staff here now. Command from 103. Go ahead. I'm with a member of staff here. He said he was in the laundry room at 1425, and he had a chemical release (bleach) which set off the detector. There was no fire problem there. I've also checked the laundry room at 1435, there's no fire problem there. Okay, that's what we're confirming here also. I'll just fire from command.
5.2, engine 6, engine 4, ambulance 4, Battalion 1, Battalion 21. We have a possible fire in the laundry room at Markland-Westman Center, 1435 Summit Street. They're evacuating the residents in the area, all units switched to ops too. Engine 23. Fire alarm activation, 720, Schneider Drive, Home City Ice, between Sundown Road and Industrial Drive, timeout 0950. Engine 23, Fire Alarm Activation[1], 720 Schneider Drive. 1023, I show you, dispatched to 720 Schneider, Schneider, Home City, Ice for the alarm. Go ahead on Apps 2. Did you deploy to turn a route for about 30 seconds? 10-4-inchin-forward route. All units responding to the Markland-Westman. center report to the west side of the building west side of the building per staff that mark when you've got nothing shown from three sides yeah investigating make one-on-two command okay ten-four one-on-two's commands nothing's showing from three sites Command engine five is rolling up. Okay, stand by one second. Apparently there's two separate incidents going on. We have a bleach explosion of some sort and potentially a fire in the laundry room. You have 1435? Just stand by here. We're talking with staff here now. Command from 103. Go ahead. I'm with a member of staff here. He said he was in the laundry room at 1425, and he had a chemical release (bleach) which set off the detector. There was no fire problem there. I've also checked the laundry room at 1435, there's no fire problem there. Okay, that's what we're confirming here also. I'll just fire from command.
Police codes explained
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Fire Alarm Activation: Smoke or fire alarm triggered; possible fire/chemical incident
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Location mentioned:
Near Summit St, Elgin, IL 60120
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