Tenant steals power and water causing burning odor, Rome GA
Theft, Fire & ArsonAuthorities responded to an apartment near Third St where a tenant was stealing electricity and water. Neighbors and the landlord reported jumper cables under the residence and a strong burning odor. Fire responders were dispatched due to fire risk concerns but were later canceled after confirming no active fire.
Audio|Source: Floyd County Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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It is arcing spark and we're going to need georgia at this location.
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Let me stand by there, Robin.
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...door secure.
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Okay.
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Everything is locked up back here.
00:25
Sample, seven-eighth.
00:28
Yes.
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Everything's secured, no signs, fall center, I mean for center.
00:35
Show both you inside.
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Thank you. Thank you.
00:43
Thank you.
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One time, thank you.
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Thank you.
00:58
Just bench.
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Go ahead.
01:05
We in route, who's the Boy County Jail, with one female, started mileage, 114-741.
01:16
Two.
01:24
I have a 1025, 10 Springdale Drive, 10 Springville Drive, going to be also Lavender Drive.
01:30
It's going to be referenced a hang-up call.
01:32
History comes back to having a 1016 at this address a few days back and also several sick calls.
01:41
The location note says that there is a large dog that's there.
01:45
Use caution.
01:47
85. 85.
02:01
Hedge, engine 9, engine 4, latter battalion, responded to near Third St, Department B-Boy.
02:09
Thank you.
02:15
Go ahead.
02:17
You've been right with fire to near Third St, Shannon.
02:23
It's going to be the same subject.
02:24
Ishi with somebody still in power, advise that there's cables going under the residence, and the neighbor has called the complaint saying that you smell something burning.
02:34
We're going to go ahead and correction, we're disregarding fire.
02:37
Now they're saying nothing on fire.
02:39
They're just complaining about the power being stolen.
02:45
What do you have PD in Route Weeking?
02:50
Andrew 4, near Third St.
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Engine I.
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Battalion 2.
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Latter 1, monitor that call.
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Agent 4,
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respond, non-emercer.
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But I do you monitor.
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EPP 65. We're going to go in fire just in case.
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Complaint is not making a lot of sense.
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71, I believe, met with the same complaint earlier in reference to the power issues.
03:26
He's saying it smells like it's burning from possibly like a drop cord that's being ran from the residence to another, and that's what he's worried about.
03:44
You're not a route.
03:50
Engine 9, engine 4, you're around to near Third St.
03:56
It's going to be apartment bees and boys.
03:58
Our car is a landlord.
04:00
He's not on scene, but he has a tenant here that's currently been stealing power and water.
04:04
The neighbor called him and there's a strong smell coming from the house.
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I think it's coming from underneath the house.
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the area that they have some jumper cables hooked up that's like a burnt smell.
04:15
But you have Pied around with you, we don't know if that's hit at something.
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It's four.
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Easy, man.
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This batch, it's treated as murphy lighting too.
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We've got lines down at this time now.
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Location mentioned:
Near Third St, Rome, GA 30161
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