Smoke-like condition caused by gas-powered blower, Springfield IL
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a report of smoke at a building near West Washington Street. The smoke-like condition and sound were caused by a person using a gas-powered blower to clear stairwells. No fire was found.
Audio|Source: Sangamon County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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400 West Washington, room 211, 69-year-old male capital issue.
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The second truck.
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749.
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7.49.
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I'm being flagged down possibly by our caller.
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We're going to be out with this aspect here.
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Fine 1673, 7.5.
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1673, 7.5. 10.4.
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1823.
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6.07 status?
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108.
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10 more.
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Go ahead, engine one.
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Yeah, can you have somebody go into the maintenance area where the fire pump would be?
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Make sure that's not running or the generator is not running.
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Copy that. Engine 4, can you check on that?
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Speculation.
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Rank 13. Go to the command.
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Strike 13, can fire.
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Check it out and then we're going to hit back down if there's nothing up there.
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Copy that.
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Copy, we're coming to retrieve the Knoxbox keys.
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Copy.
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(number withheld).
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Command 2-1.
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Go for command.
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Hey,
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we're working our way down the south stairwell.
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Somebody's running like a leaf blower or something.
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Could you send somebody down there and see if you can figure it out as well?
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746.
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746.
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405 West Main.
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Got to that. How many is coming.
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45 minutes minutes.
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46. Let's take turn.
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SL from Engine 3.
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Yep. Yep. Yep.
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We're now down on 13 at the elevators.
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While 7.1.29 are going to get around to an open garage door on Plyprits.
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Stand for.
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Go for command.
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We can go check that stop.
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Cerebell, we're waiting on...
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We tell you one.
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Has that it come down with Knoxbox Cs? Shad of 123? I'm 10.8.
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Second, that way?
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Cobbs down.
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It's been in engine 5.
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...look the origin of the sound.
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Command truck one.
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We made contact with a gentleman on the 6th floor with a gas power blower.
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Blowing the stairwells out, I believe that's the sound that the gentleman on the 14th was hearing.
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I don't think there's any fire here.
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You can start cutting units loose.
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Copy that, Engine 5.
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Go ahead and clear.
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5.5.5.
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433, 19,
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4.
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4.4. From S.O.
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Go.
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I don't believe there's access to the tape from the first floor, where we go off the second, walkover.
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Copy.
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Command from Control, I forgot to give you your timestamp.
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This is 13 minutes.
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Copy that, you can stop with the timestamps.
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Copy, thank you.
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Chat, I'm 121, 1042.
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That work.
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Okay, no say aye.
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One point, go ahead.
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There's no...
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Yeah, it's gonna be 620.
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Monroe and Old Jacks, see if there's a 1046 are in the northbound line still.
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Cutting utilities and see who owns those scum call.
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So, 141.
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141, guys.
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Can you join that cyberstick?
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42.
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3, 17, Clark.
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What's up?
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Zero 685, go ahead.
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One of the Hardee's on Stevenson, a red mong.
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Control from command.
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That's 911, 9153, all the odds.
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Command. 10, Hardee, on Stevens.
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This was an individual using a gas fire blower to clean the stairwell starting at the top and moving down.
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He's been advised to use a battery powder leaf blower.
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All crews are going to be terminated, really, from the scene, and command terminated.
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Location mentioned:
Near W Washington St, Springfield, IL 62702
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