Chimney fire disrupts home on Rita Ct, Maryland, St Mary's County MD
A chimney fire was controlled on Rita Ct, Maryland, forcing occupant evacuation due to structural damage concerns, prompting thorough attic and basement checks.
Audio|Source: St. Mary's County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Local box 228 in the area of Pulaski Mill Road and Rita Court.
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At first of all right, station is through 17-01.
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First floor.
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We've got a hot spot on the TI that we don't like.
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We're going to open a wall up for inspection.
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Okay.
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A Coward Squad 3.
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When you arrive, just pull past and take the next driveway ever, leave her in for the wagon.
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Catar Squad, ready to command.
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Just take the second driveway past the house, leave room for the wagon.
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And the ambulance has just pulled up.
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Keep pulling past, we'll bring the patient out to you.
00:54
Is she gets this batch operator responding.
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Here, by sign of 5G3, the Sassafasini Command, some against it.
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No,
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we're good or nothing.
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We've got to have a rest general for your run, honey.
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7-9-6 is the only location.
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And seven minutes or about you're 20 minutes in here right now.
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Let's do, with two.
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Okay, upset.
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Rest your alpha two.
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Squad three, terror smotherors, all sure you have an investigation.
01:47
Okay.
01:49
Command to the basement division.
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Go ahead.
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We have a 20 tanker, 5 tanker 2 and 14 sitting out there all full.
02:02
If you have enough personnel, I'm going to go ahead and scale some of the spec.
02:07
Yeah, this morning I think you'd be good with 5-1 and 2.
02:11
Okay.
02:13
I'm in the Cemetery.
02:16
We've got the fire out continuing to investigate further on Division I.
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I'm sorry on the first floor.
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We're going to load with five,
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two and one and keep the ambulance for a few more minutes.
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I'm coming here reporting a fire in the chimney.
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any further on the first floor.
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Loging into 5, Tanger 5,
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Tanger 2, Tanger 2, into 22, truck 1, into Tanger 14, aim on 5 to 9.
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Ollers may return.
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15 of 6.
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Squad 1010 is ready.
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Squad 1010. Squad 1010.
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Tens 10. Go see for ready.
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Engine 1015.
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Squad 3 driver to squad 3 golf.
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Crash.
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The furnace and the stove, you want to check those areas.
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The furnace of the stove, got it.
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The basement screen here, can you have them send the chain down me?
03:33
You can hit back up there?
03:49
Okay,
03:53
after talking with the roof and opening the hole up on the wall.
03:58
The first floor chimney looks to have failed around the first floor basement roofline.
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And it appears the chimney is in bad shape all the way up talking with the one edge.
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Okay.
04:14
Is the homeowner understanding what you're, you know, the information you're given them?
04:22
Yeah, we're breathing on that now.
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I'll let you know.
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Okay.
04:36
Sorry, ma'am.
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Good.
04:41
Are you didn't need any additional transport yet?
04:46
No, I've just got the one, uh,
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uh, a comment from the house.
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He's getting checked up with emails now.
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The other one refuse any care.
04:55
Yeah.
04:58
Okay.
04:59
Okay.
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Room holder one of the tape.
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Let's forget to the command.
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Okay.
05:19
Back, Banking will be leading the 45 plus million on the second floor.
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And the basement we are reading the 35.
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Rita Ct, Maryland 20659
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