Possible electrical fire investigation near Chancellor Lane, Jefferson LA


A possible structure fire was reported near Chancellor Lane. Occupants experienced smoke and electrical problems including issues with lights and a panel. Fire crews investigated and the haze cleared. They planned to shut off power to find the source of electrical faults.
Audio|Source: Metro New Orleans Area Fire Departments
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Transcript:
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19's area possible structure fire in the area near Chancellor Lane.
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Investigations from Oak Harbor Command.
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Yeah, I'll take you. Go into that one.
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Engine 19.
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Do you want to?
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Louie, we got this.
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Station 11,
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Station 14, Tinder 18.
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Respond, Tech 1B, Tech 1,
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Bravo.
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Captain, Senator 16, can you go up here when you can?
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Yeah, he's coming.
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Ask the occupant one quick, if you're gonna go before you leave, if you go to that other fire if you want. Um,
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she has a panel pulled down by a safety handler.
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What was exactly what's going on? Was it coming out to defense or?
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Investigations, they advised that they really see any other smoke that just got hazy on them when they woke up.
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All right.
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So,
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since the ACU is still running,
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like the fans on,
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but the whole, you gotta turn that radio down.
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But it's still running, let me know the,
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the part of the... I don't know that something to do with it, so the way that might shoulder out or something.
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That's what she advised a little while ago that she was turning everything off, she turned the AC off, but it was continuing to run.
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This morning when everything started happening,
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and she's also said that they were also having issues with their lights. That's why the cover is off of that one light in the kitchen.
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Yeah, sounds like,
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something here is doing what it wants to do.
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And so, it's exactly what it smells like.
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It's either a light bowel short or a, uh,
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something short out in a handbrew or something. That's exactly what it smells like. But,
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alright, well, all hayes is cleared out, so we'll get a pager box on the strip, so might have to shut this power down to the tune until they get some way to look for the little setter.
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Shut it down.
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We're doing it right now.
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One nice questions, is there any way to turn that alone?
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I'm working on it.
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I'm working on it.
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Let's harbor command from FP17.
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Good.
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FP17 is going to rewrite the Chancellor Lane, FP13 is going to continue it.
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Thank you.
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Do you have one investigation?
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All right, the break is off to the power's off the whole unit.
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And like I said,
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nothing is getting worse, that smells is going away.
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We're going to come down and get dressed down and then check it one more time. But I got to get electric around a few hours and see what's going on all that.
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Jefferson, LA 70121
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