Smoke found in apartment caused by water heater issue, Kenosha WI
Fire & ArsonFire personnel responded to an apartment at the Reserve at Kenosha for a possible explosion and smoke. They found light smoke inside the apartment but no visible flames. The issue was likely caused by a water heater problem. The fire was extinguished and a fire investigator was called to the scene.
Audio|Source: Kenosha City Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Kenosha fire to Engine 5 and Med4.
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Engine 5 and Med4, this is a written assignment to the potential explosion smoke at the Reserve at Kenosha, near 71st Street.
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Kenosha fire clear at 849.
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7 to all incoming units.
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It'll look from a distance.
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I don't see anything on the horizon at all.
00:28
It does look like Bristol might have seen already.
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That's fire Bristol, 5241.
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Go ahead, Bristol, 5241.
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Go ahead, Bristol, 5241.
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Crystal 5241 is on location of the reserves.
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We have nothing showing from two sides for the outset beginning.
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We also have a truck en route.
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Copy Bristol 5241.
01:01
You're on location. Nothing's showing from two sides and you also have a truck on route.
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All incoming units, the gate should be open.
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Truck 7, command, truck 7 is on scene.
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Number, truck 7 on scene, 852.
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Set in fire, just want to confirm, do you have apartment number 3202?
01:48
3202? I mean,
01:54
it could potentially be it.
01:55
They were giving us 3,100 and then 21, which didn't make sense to us.
02:06
Fire from engine 4?
02:10
Go ahead, N-104.
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Engine 4 is on Cine hydrant.
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Copy engine 4, unseen other hydrant.
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At V853.
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4 from Ketna1.
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Go ahead engine, this engine four.
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I've got Blue Yard hydrants with stamp pipes all over in here.
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If you guys want to come in,
02:42
at least make entry into here, and why don't you guys see each zero amount right here?
02:48
Kathy, yeah, we see your location.
02:50
Yeah, just, uh...
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The gate code's in the notes, and then if you want to pull in front of the black car, just hold tight right there.
02:57
All their incoming units to reserves at Kenosha, why don't you guys stage out on the road? I'm just going to keep Station 7, Bristol, and engine 4 inside here until we get a better location.
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All the units stage outside, please.
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Truck 7, Battalion 1.
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Truck 7, go.
03:18
Just starting to make entrance right now, we do have light smoke in the apartment.
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There's no obvious flames at all.
03:23
Bristol-Manian first, they're reporting,
03:26
we have broken language barrier, but they're reporting possible water heater blue explosion.
03:32
I'll confirm in a little bit here but light smoke in the apartment.
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Copy.
03:42
We in engine three staged.
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Copy it another stage.
03:50
Copy it another stage.
03:57
In four, battalion one.
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Engine 4, go ahead.
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I got another one up here. Why don't you guys bump up here?
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I got one right in front of 1-2-8-9-2 that you guys can hang on to here for now.
04:14
Engine 4 copies, we see it.
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From Bristol 5231.
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Multiple units calling.
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Wristful unit, go ahead.
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5231 is on-scene staging.
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Tempo, Bristol, 5231, on-scene staging at 856.
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Other unit trying to call.
04:46
Go ahead.
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Truck 7 to the Battalion 1.
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Truck 7, go ahead.
04:58
We have a van set up and we're trying to clear the department of smoke.
05:02
There's no visible flame.
05:04
Here's the isolated utility roof.
05:06
Still haven't confirmed whether furnace or hot water heater.
05:13
Truck 7, copy, I'm up by you, I got engine 44, I'm sorry, engine 4 at a hydrant.
05:18
I get everybody else staged down the front of the road just so you know.
05:24
Copy, Dag, you just hold everybody for now until like this.
05:27
Okay,
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before that, Matt, one.
05:37
Okay, go ahead.
05:39
We moved up.
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We'll see that hydrant behind you.
05:41
We'll utilize if we need to.
05:43
All right, good call, thanks.
05:50
Command for Med4.
05:52
Med4 is on scene stage.
05:57
Step for Bedford.
05:59
On scene stage at 858.
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Trust up to the Valley One.
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Go ahead.
06:17
Command engine 5 on scene staging.
06:23
104, end of 5 on scene, stadium 8509.
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Fire from the battalion.
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Go ahead, I've been telling one.
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Fire is out.
06:42
We're going to keep Truck 7 and Med 7 on scene.
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Truck 7 will assume command.
06:46
All other units be clear when they are ready.
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I'll also take a fire investigator out here to meet up at Truck 7.
06:56
Checker copy Med7 and Truck 7 staying unseen.
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Truck 7 command.
07:00
All other units can clear when ready and you need a fire investigator.
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Location mentioned:
Near 71st St, Kenosha, WI 53142
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