Firefighters contain smoke from e-waste oven fire, San Diego CA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a smoke incident at a commercial building near Hazard and Ruffin in San Diego. They found smoke from burning e-waste and plastic fiber boards inside a large oven. No active flames were present. The crew ventilated the building and confirmed hazardous materials like hydrogen, protein, and nitrogen were inside. The fire was controlled with no arson evidence found, and no extra resources were needed.
Audio|Source: San Diego City Police and Fire Dispatch
07:50
Transcript:
00:00
Unit stage next to PD. The engine 36 stays on a higher. 36, follow Battalion 7, I'm sorry, Battalion 4 around the structure. Do you have 360? I'm no... The engine 36 copies. I see Engine 45 and C.
00:24
Engine 45, can you come up to the command post at Hazard and Ruffin to consult with B7 and B4 on the e-waste and e-plastics? This night, Bravo. 26. Yeah, we had a call with B4.
00:52
Unable to drive around this building, it's cated back there. Okay, you have any other drift smoke coming out of the Charlie side? Negative. Okay, set up for Rick and accountability. You've got truck 28 on the roof, fire attack check in the interior. That's 39, 28th, and truck 28.
01:21
Copy 3. Trek 28 from Fire Attack Online Bravo. For a truck 208. Okay, we've made entry. We're going to be moving forward to the Romo side of the building with the light smoke, dancing your host line. No side of the fire yet.
01:49
and you guys are walking on a panelized roof. Tretch 20 copies on a panelized roof, light smoke. Tress 45 from IC. I-C. TREC-45 Bannett. Set up for positive pressure ventilation.
02:17
and check the utilities. Copy positive pressure ventilation and check utilities. I see you from truck 28 on 9 Bravo. Go ahead, truck 28. Do you have any skylights up there?
02:46
I see from truck 28. We do have light smoke showing from three skylights on the Bravo side of the structure. If we need ventilation, we'll just cut one of these for standing by for an update from fire attacks. Okay. We know if you need additional help, but I concur with removing a skylight. Go ahead and remove one skylight.
03:12
Check 28 copies. Hold off on the skylight. I see your... Check 28. Veneration from fire attack. Hold off on the skylight. Hold off on the skylight. Mineration copies. Hold off on the skylight. Fire attack. Fire attack from IC on the skylight.
03:41
Can you hear us the report on conditions on the interior? Yeah, this year in the interior. I see from fire attack. We've located the source of the smoke. There's a large oven. There's materials that are charred in producing smoke. There's no active fire. We do have a roll-up door that we've opened, and we can ventilate the structure. With positive pressure ventilation, no need to open up a skylight.
04:10
Still working on a trailer award day. Okay, yeah, you have heavy volume of lazy smoke now coming out of the structure. I'm guessing that's coming from the roll-up door. Can you confirm? And then we have positive pressure going in.
04:27
I see some part track I confirm you.
04:29
I think that smoke that you just saw would be from the opening of the roll-up door.
04:34
I copy. Truck 45 is signed a positive pressure ventilation.
04:39
Work with Truck 45.
04:40
Fire attack from IC intact.
04:42
Can you confirm the location of the oven and the materials burning?
04:45
Yeah, IC from Fire Attack, the location of the oven is going to be on the Bravo side of the building.
04:52
The materials look to be from cycle of the plastic fiber boards.
04:56
Okay, we'll set up DeCon at Engine 28 for you in the grass area.
05:01
Do you need an additional help with overhaul and primary search?
05:05
I copy DeCon at Engine 28's location.
05:08
No need for additional resources.
05:09
Okay,
05:10
and I have Vision 45 checking all the man of Pesto on the hazards in that building.
05:14
Okay, Ted T's made up with Border Patrol.
05:16
Katties are 3818, meeting with Border Patrol.
05:18
277F, that 811.
05:19
I see some fire tech.
05:22
All clear on the primary, working on a secondary.
05:25
That's a rough and a C.
05:28
That's a rough and I see.
05:30
Fire has been knocked down.
05:31
Primary search is all clear, working on secondary search and ventilation.
05:34
This is e-waste in an oven that was burning.
05:36
We do have known hazards of hydrogen, protein,
05:39
and nitrogen.
05:40
The units are going to be committed for approximately 45 minutes.
05:42
I see you copy.
05:43
Fire has been knocked down.
05:45
This is a Classics in the oven, known hazards as we've just seen.
05:49
Primary search was clear, secondary search now underway.
05:52
You have to be committed approximately 45 minutes.
05:54
And you are 20 minutes into your incident, 2-0.
05:56
We'll go ahead and stop the timer.
05:58
I see copy, stocking timer.
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Location mentioned:
Near W A St suite 1125, San Diego, CA 92101
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