Electrical fire reported at apartments on West Broad Street, Richmond VA
Fire & ArsonAn electrical fire was reported near West Broad Street at the Apollocium and Polyseum Loft Apartments. Fire units responded and investigated but found no signs of smoke or active alarms in the building. Some residents reported abnormal smells but no visible fire or smoke was detected.
Audio|Source: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
06:30
Transcript:
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Engine 10, engine 5, engine 6, engine 12, engine 14, engine 18, truck 3, truck 6, safety 1, battalion 2, and battalion 1.
00:11
Electrical fire near West Broad Street, Apollocium Loft Apartments.
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Engine 10, engine 5, engine 6, engine 12, engine 14, engine 18, truck 3, truck 6, safety 1, battalion 2, and battalion 1.
00:29
Electrical fire near West Broad Street, at Polyseum Loft Apartments.
00:35
Cross streets are Ryland Street and Lombardy Street.
00:39
On tap Channel 6.
00:41
Timeout, 1945.
00:45
Ones in route.
00:52
Engine 10 will have the hydrant at Lombardy and Broad.
00:59
Engine 6 is out of backup hydrogen, they grace a Lombarding.
01:12
General companies around the exceptional truck 6 of the electrical fire, near West Broad Street.
01:19
Collar smells and an electrical odor.
01:21
There's no apartment specified.
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First to engine 10, second to engine 5, third to engine 6, fourth to engine 12, fifth to engine 14, sixth to engine 18, followed by first to truck 3, second to truck 6.
01:37
To all companies in route with the exception of truck six at 1947 hours.
01:46
Brisbane, you start truck six in route.
01:48
Can you resend the call to our Mbq? We're having issues with it.
01:51
Briefing, we'll resend it in 19447.
02:07
75-on-see-not-be-shouldery apartment complex.
02:11
Agent-5-How command investigating 1847 hours.
02:18
By policy and lost apartments.
02:22
Cross streets are Ryland Street and Vaux Street.
02:24
Contact Channel 6.
02:27
Timeout, 1948.
02:30
Command from Truckman.
02:34
Go ahead.
02:38
We're off the third floor.
02:39
We got no sign of smoke.
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We've got no alarms going off in the building.
02:44
There's a flight out of our food at the top of the steps.
02:52
Copy. Richmond from Broad Street Command.
02:55
Can you have the caller meet us at the entrance?
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Engine 16, engine 15, truck 7, and battalion 3.
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Fire alarm.
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Near Myers Street.
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Engine 16, engine 15, truck 7, and battalion 3.
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Fire alarm.
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Near Myers Street.
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Cross streets are North Arthur Ashe Boulevard and West Lee Street.
03:30
On tap Channel 2.
03:32
Time out, 1951.
03:40
Broad command from Richmond.
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Broadview command.
03:47
Call over us, she'll head back down to speak with you.
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Copy.
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The officer.
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The officer.
04:01
Command from engine 10.
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Go ahead, engine.
04:16
Engine 17, chest pain.
04:19
Near Hampton Street, at Virginia Home.
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Engine 17.
04:24
Chest pain.
04:26
Near Hampton Street, at Virginia Home.
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Cross streets are Paa Pan Street and Avona at Dick Street.
04:33
On tap Channel 2.
04:35
Timeout, 1953.
04:39
Popatown 2 arriving on the Alpha side, engine 5, retain command, 1953R.
04:47
Call call brings the route through the fire alarm, near Myers Street.
04:55
Further complaint, the alarm is coming from apartment 223.
05:00
3 from Broad Street, Command.
05:03
Go ahead.
05:06
I spoke with the caller and she said that she was smelling something abnormal on the third floor and then there is a gentleman that said he smells something like smoke on the second floor.
05:19
Nobody saw any actual smoking so if we don't see any smoke I think we could probably start reducing the asylum.
05:26
All right, truck three copies.
05:30
I'm with the caller now on the third floor.
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They're describing something they say is smell a burning plastic, but I'm having you smoke up here and I'm not picking up any odor.
05:47
Copy and truck three.
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Bravo, check the elevator.
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Nothing found there.
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And I take the panel all people's normal.
06:06
Is this a call that was generated from RPD?
06:15
Affirmative, RPD requested.
06:17
Ones on scene.
06:21
Received.
06:26
It is, we're going to act like it's a fire alarm.
06:29
Recease, we'll advise them.
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Near W Broad St, Richmond, VA 23220
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