Oily rags smolder in hotel basement causing smoke, Newport Beach CA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a smoke alarm in the Pendray Hotel basement laundry room near Santa Cruz. They found oily rags smoldering in a trash bag in the trash chute, causing a light haze of smoke. The fire was under control and crews worked with staff to ventilate the area.
Audio|Source: MetroNet Fire Central Alt Tac 3N
03:26
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 63 is on scene with 3, stage at the front.
00:08
Report engine 63, newport truck 66.
00:14
Go ahead.
00:16
We're showing a smoke alarm in the basement in the laundry room area.
00:20
Can you make your way down there?
00:29
Copy smoke in the basement.
00:36
We're Battalion 6 on scene staged.
00:43
The unit is continuing into the Pendray Hotel. Go ahead and stage on Santa Cruz.
00:54
I'm a 6-3 staged with two on Santa Cruz.
01:03
Hi, I'm fixing for a touch to three.
01:08
Go ahead.
01:13
We're going to try to make access to the basement as well from the fire control room area and join according to 63.
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10 4.
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Just be aware there could be limited communications down there so make sure you have someone
01:33
relayed. And take the cordoned into 6.4 state.
01:38
106, Newport Agent 63.
01:40
Go ahead.
01:46
We located a room downstairs.
01:51
We're still continuing to investigate, but we do have a light haze.
01:55
It does appear to mostly be some oily rags that caught fire.
02:00
We're going to continue to investigate.
02:03
Stand by.
02:07
Except 4.
02:09
The 9-5 is on scene, stage, fine.
02:19
106, copy.
02:25
Fort Battalion 6, you have 15 minutes on the incident clock.
02:31
106, copy.
02:35
The Titan 6th, Newport, 263. We don't have any access from the basement. We just clear the equipment room.
02:41
We're going to relocate the truck for best access to the basement in the front.
02:47
Ten four.
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And six, engine 63.
02:57
Go ahead.
03:02
All right, I feel comfortable canceling the assignment. We'll keep truck 63 just in case we need them for some smoke evacuation.
03:10
But we've located a bunch of oily rags in a trash bag that was in a trash chute.
03:16
There is still a little smoke pays in the downstairs basement, but we're working on that with staff to get some blowers going. So I may not need truck 63, but I'll hold them for now.
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