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Transient attempts to start fire near transformer in parking lotSalinas CA

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Salinas, CA

A transient tried to start a small fire near a ground transformer in the parking lot of the Central Forty building in Salinas. The fire was extinguished, and the person left the scene.

Audio|Source: Salinas Fire Dispatch - Command 33
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Transcript:
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Medican 3. We respond to a transient starting a fire.
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(number withheld) is an old Samoa, California, building.
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President Church or Colorado, West Coast, Illinois.
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He's three cup responding.
00:17
There's a ground-based transformer in the parking lot at the Central Forty building.
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A transient is trying to start a fire next to it.
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Looks like fire's out.
00:26
He's walking off.
00:28
Request to check it out.
00:30
Here's the transformer just for a reference point.
00:32
Looks like he's just trying to start sort of a warming fire of his own.

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