Breaker box fire at residential home extinguished early, Elkhart IN
Fire & ArsonFire units responded to a residential fire near Bower Street where a breaker box in the basement caught fire. The fire was put out by the homeowner with an extinguisher before firefighters arrived. Smoke was still present, so crews ventilated the home. No active fire was found on arrival.
Audio|Source: Elkhart, Goshen & Elkhart County Police, Fire & EMS
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Transcript:
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Italian 5, Italian 106, fire unit 11, engine 4, engine 3, engine 7, medic 24, medic 25, squad 1, and truck 18, structure fire response,
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1101, follow street, respond on tap 1,
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Italian,
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Italian, Italian 10, Italian 106, fire unit 11,
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engine 4, engine 3, engine 7, Meta, Matic 24, Matic 25, Squad 1, and Truck 18.
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Structure fire response, 1101, follow street.
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Respond on TAC 1.
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Help our trucketeens en route, can you give me notes on that, please?
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Affirmative 1101-Bower street, caller advised that their breaker box in the basement was on fire,
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and they're getting out of the residence, they don't have a fire extinguisher.
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Clear, thank you.
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3 out of 344 dispatch, check 1071, beginning my list.
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That's fire.
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Elkharton, 4.
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Andrew 4.
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Andrew 4.
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We're going to be on scene of a single story resident, not the show when we do have the evacuation, we'll be out investigating.
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This has 836, signal 59.
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Good.
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Lockout 174 Meadows, caller is rising there, locked out other Honda Element, vehicle is going to be running.
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The vehicle is going to be running.
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105 engine board.
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4.5 is on location, go ahead for us.
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We have a good amount of haze in the basement.
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There's nothing on fire right now.
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Trying to locate the box.
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Clear hairs in the basement.
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The image, Forrest.
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Go ahead, Forrest.
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There's... ...in the...
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Here.
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Homeowners are the extinguished with a extinguisher.
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There is no act of fire.
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We will need the truck for ventilation now.
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Clear. You want to scale this back to just you in the truck?
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That's permanent.
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Clear break all units in route to 1101 Bower Street with the exception of 105, 106, Truck 18, and Engine 4.
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Conclear Return to Service.
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Location mentioned:
Near Bower St, Elkhart, IN 46514
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