Fire department investigates smoke odor near Pound Hill Rd, North Smithfield RI
Fire & ArsonFire department responded to reports of smoke odor near the old dump off power lines at the top of the hill near Pound Hill Road. No visible fire was found but investigation continued with GPS location from 911 call. Several areas including the solar field, Park Pond, and Pound Hill Road were checked without confirming smoke presence.
Audio|Source: Northwest Rhode Island Police and Fire
05:14
Transcript:
00:00
Fire control from Tanker 1, we've got nothing in Old Oxford, made away to the end of the solar field.
00:07
No smoke visible from this area.
00:14
Fire control received Tanker 1, nothing showing at this time.
00:22
Hey, it's through to car one, something at the second set of solar fields.
00:25
We're going to continue down on our route 7.
00:29
Receive. Fire control, can you call back the calling party and try to get some more information and see if conditions have changed?
00:42
Affirmative.
00:47
Take one to car one.
00:49
We have a dirt bike out here.
00:51
We're going to make contact with him.
00:52
See if you see anything.
00:56
Recruit.
00:58
I can control of car one.
01:06
Got one.
01:10
Chief, the original reporting party is no longer at the farm, but she's been contacted through text message and pictures from an employee who's out in the wood with smoke showing and try to hike back further to find the location of the fire is, I asked her to reach out to that person and have them call 911 so we can try and get a GPS location.
01:32
I receive because we have nothing here.
01:35
We don't have any smoke showing.
01:37
We've got nothing.
01:42
Understood, sir.
01:43
And she did say repeatedly that she was no longer in the area.
01:46
And Dias had, I figure the best way to do it to have her employee call 911 and we can kind of get a ping from that and see where it is.
01:55
Receive.
02:02
Thank you for one to car one.
02:05
The dirtbiker hadn't seen anything.
02:08
We did catch an odor of smoke when we were turning on to Pound Hill from Providence Pike, but we have no smoke visible from old Oxford.
02:17
Receive? We see.
02:23
Engines here to car one.
02:25
We traveled the road all the down to Route 7.
02:28
Nothing pounds.
02:31
Received Engine 2.
02:32
I want to go back to the stables and see if I can't connect with you over there.
02:40
Why don't you and Engine 1 just head back that direction?
02:46
Engine 2 copies.
02:49
Do you want, copies.
02:54
It was on the air responding in.
02:59
Carl 1, the Katsu, you can use caution.
03:01
This may come up as an unfounded.
03:06
Cartier receipt.
03:12
Clock control the car one.
03:16
Car one.
03:20
Chief, she did call 911 as requested.
03:23
911 has the GPS ping approximately one-tenth of a mile southwest of the 85th road.
03:29
The calling party stated it's the old dump off...
03:38
I'll go with that again, fire control, the old dump where?
03:43
Sorry about that, we're going to cut out.
03:45
The old dump off the power lines at the top of the hill.
03:53
Tanker 1 to car 1.
03:54
We've got an odor at the area of Park Pond and Pound Hill Road.
03:59
Nothing visible yet.
04:01
We're investigating.
04:05
Receive.
04:06
Fire control.
04:08
If you can make contact with that call, can have them meet me at the stables.
04:23
Got one?
04:26
She's advising Old Oxford Road prior to the auto-recycling yard is an access road that goes up into the woods along the power lines.
04:39
Receaseed.
04:44
She referring to the auto-recyl yard on Powell, there's no auto-recycle on Old Oxford.
04:55
Andrew, once you're saying that old Oxford Road is right across from that access point near the recycling yard.
05:03
Crazy. I know what she started with.
05:10
I want to take a one in God.
05:13
Is that where you would just, uh,
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Pound Hill Rd, North Smithfield, RI 02896
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