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Smoke seen from house turns out to be wood stoveSchuylkill County PA

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Bunting St, Branch Township, PA

Fire units responded to reports of smoke from a house near Bunting Street in Branch Township, Pennsylvania. On arrival, they found the smoke was from a wood-burning stove and canceled further response.

Audio|Source: Schuylkill County Fire
04:29
Transcript:
00:00
This is 3 Station 1.
00:02
Engine 52.13.
00:05
52 Station 2.
00:06
Bunting Street between Shover Street and the Y intersection,
00:12
Branch Township for smoke coming from a house.
00:15
(number withheld).
00:21
School 380.
00:29
Unicorn County.
00:33
County, this is 380.
00:34
I'm at a location in Shover.
00:36
Do you have a better idea where this is?
00:42
It's going to be on Bunting between the Y and Shover.
00:45
On the left side as you're headed towards Tremont.
00:49
There is dark colored smoke coming from the house.
00:54
104, investigating.
00:58
(number withheld), coming mostly from the roof area, we got only one call on it.
01:02
Caller continued on their way.
01:08
380.
01:10
380.
01:12
I got a house here burning some blue smoke out of the chimney.
01:17
I don't see anything else in the area. We're going to investigate further.
01:20
Do you have an address?
01:26
(number withheld), Bunting.
01:29
Copy (number withheld).
01:35
County, 52 1313.
01:38
5213.
01:42
County, we'll be responding.
01:45
Do you have a better address?
01:51
129 between the Y and Shover on the left side heading towards Tremont. One call from a passerby, 380 is on scene; might be 1190 Bunting Street as blue smoke coming from a chimney. Use Bravo 1.
02:10
Copy 380.
02:17
Uh,
02:18
Police are here for Minersville.
02:21
We determined this is a wood fire.
02:23
They were just firing up a wood stove.
02:28
Okay, do you need anything there?
02:35
They might call to cancel, but you can slow everybody down until someone with authority arrives.
02:41
You say the chiefs are with you or negative?
02:45
I'm ex-chiefs, as well as another official chief right now.
02:49
Okay.
02:52
County 302.
02:55
302, we'll hold it to the unit on the road.
03:03
If they believe it's just a wood burner,
03:06
we can slow everybody out and cancel the rest.
03:10
Okay.
03:14
County 5220.
03:21
A unit dispatched Branch Township address, possibly 1190 Bunting Street.
03:26
5213, you continue and reduce rate, everyone else canceled.
03:32
Unicorn County.
03:36
Got it. 5222 is calling but they copy to cancel.
03:40
Okay.
03:46
I need Captain 52.13.
03:49
I'm on scene here confirming wood burner just fired up.
03:54
All good, you can cancel everybody off.
04:04
All units dispatch to Branch Township canceled, placed available (number withheld).
04:14
County 52 13 County, we were just arriving, got the cancel returning to (number withheld).

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Bunting St, Branch Township, PA
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