Toilet overflow causes water damage in apartment building, Richmond VA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to an apartment building near Floyd Ave after a smoke detector activated due to water leakage from an overflowing toilet in apartment 423. The leak caused water damage to lower units. The water is no longer flowing and the issue has been controlled.
Audio|Source: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Richmond from command.
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I think it's going to be a smoke detector initially,
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but we're going to hold our companies by our investigate.
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Receive, it feels to be smoke detector initially.
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You'll investigate 20 hundred hours.
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Battalion 3 is on scene.
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It's right, seven. Does this building have a knockbox?
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Command the Battalion 3, it does.
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All right, I copy.
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Also, command the truck 7 X-ray.
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Can you bring the key up to apartment 223 when you get the man to knock?
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Seven Officer from 7 Bravo.
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I'm coming up with the key now.
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command copy richmond from myers command it's going to be richmond from myrish command it's going to be richmond from myrish command it's going to be um water that calls the faulty detector truck seven and a handle those going to drink
01:19
It's going to be a water causing faulty detector, truck seven to handle, all the companies can return to service on U-Z-O-3R.
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I'm trying to shoot command from Richmond.
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Richmond, you call Myers-Freeze.
01:39
Affirmative.
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There's just a voicemail left for emergency maintenance.
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We weren't able to get in contact with anybody.
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Okay, comments, copies.
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Command from Inj 16.
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Command.
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We gain access to apartment 323.
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We do have significant water damage on the, coming from the ceiling and the apartment above that location as well.
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We're heading up to apartment 423 to see if we can locate the source.
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Okay, if you want to check that panel as well and just shut the breaker panel on that apartment with power, and we're going to do the same with 226.
02:25
Okay, we see.
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How crew is heading up to room 423 right now.
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I'm asking man from Battalion 3.
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Do you need 15 in myself to come back up there?
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Negative. We can handle it with 16 in ourselves, but thank you.
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They're out of country.
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Command from seven, brother.
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Go ahead, seven brothers.
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We've made contact with the occupant at 423, 423.
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That is will it overflow.
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We have confirmed that that's what the issue was.
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Okay, I copy.
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When you're available to, if you could come back down to 223, I need your assistance in the apartment.
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So, brother, direct.
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Command from Inj16.
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Go ahead, 16.
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We located the source of the issue is going to be an apartment 423.
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Toilet overflowed, leak water down into the lower apartment levels.
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Water is not actively flowing at this time.
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Okay.
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If you're ready, you can go back in service.
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I appreciate your help.
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16 receive.
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Location mentioned:
Near Floyd Ave, Richmond, VA 23220
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