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Apartment fire call linked to oxygen machine

Heard on: Norfolk City Fire and EMS Dispatch
02:58
00:00
Commercial fire (number withheld) West Ocean View Avenue, apartment one.
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W Ocean View Ave, Norfolk, VA 23503
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Fire crews were sent to an apartment on West Ocean View Avenue for a reported commercial fire. A male resident’s oxygen machine was reported to have possibly caught fire, and he was on the floor and unable to get up, with mention of a broken hip. Responding units arrived to find a two-story apartment building with no visible fire. The oxygen equipment was isolated, no hazards were found, most units cleared the scene, and the remaining crew and medic stayed to assist the injured resident.

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