Resident reports burning cable odor, no fire found


A resident on Crossfield Road in Hoover reported an odor resembling burning electrical cables. No smoke or flames were seen, but responders were dispatched to check for a possible residential fire.
Audio|Source: Hoover and Vestavia Hills Police and Fire
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Transcript:
(name withheld) Crossfield Road, resident search fire, (name withheld) fire, homeless, highway, versus 5-1-8-8-9 gate, an area with the road, cross-hill road, resident-stst-st-fire. Call responding is 4-9, F-type 7, repeat at attack service. Caller does not see smoke or flame and respond to element of Hoover 8.06. Here, place, if you get an odor of burning, caller spaces smells like cables burning. No smoke or flame steam for drive. Tanger once in front. RISC U5 out at UAB.
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Hoover, AL
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