Runaway space heater caused haze at Safeball Tower, St Paul MN
Fire & ArsonA runaway space heater was found glowing red with charring above it in a side maintenance room at Safeball Tower near Burns Ave, St Paul. The breaker was shut off and the unit started cooling down. No fire developed.
Audio|Source: Saint Paul Fire
03:45
Transcript:
00:00
Command Coppies, is there an odor accompanied in that haze?
00:07
Hazel Street North and Burns Avenue.
00:10
It's very sane.
00:11
We're trying to see if it's a hot motor or something in here.
00:20
Command Copy, Safeball Tower's been advised.
00:29
Ladder 6 FEO is the command.
00:36
Command, Ladder 6 FEO.
00:39
Are you still with the escort by any chance?
00:45
We never had an escort.
00:47
We had somebody on a golf cart pull up to the gate, hit the trigger switch for us and let us through.
00:56
Copy, is that individual still on the ground sheet of IZone?
01:01
Negative, when we came through the gate, he just pulled in the parking lot just off there to the left of the gate, and we didn't see him after that over.
01:10
Command, copy.
01:17
Tender 124, do not come right to West Bay. It is a dead end. It's a tight turn.
01:26
Takeer 124, copy.
01:33
Spitzinger 121 is on scene two-story residential.
01:37
Residential phone will be on a vest-standing command.
01:41
Copy on, scene, two-story residential people outside investigating a command at 1758.
01:47
Tinder, 124, you cancancel the false alarm.
01:53
124, Codney, canceling.
02:00
Command, latter six.
02:04
For six.
02:06
I believe we found the source, it's a possible runaway space heater in one of the side maintenance rooms.
02:15
There's a,
02:16
it's glowing red, there is some charing above it. We're going to try to locate the power shut off to it.
02:24
I've tried turning off the thermostat and it's still powered.
02:31
Command's copy. Any assistance needed at this time?
02:36
Negative, I'm just going to try to find the shut off for it on the electrical panel.
02:47
Okay.
02:56
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03:04
Command letter 6, we were able to shut the breaker off.
03:09
We're going to watch it for a few minutes and make sure it starts cooling down.
03:13
Get back, honey.
03:19
Box 849, on fireups 4, time 1804.
03:31
Met at 9, 1808, Nebraska Avenue East, Unconscious, Cross Streets, White Bear Avenue North.
03:39
Command Letter 6, the unit is now no longer glowing red, and is cooling down.
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Location mentioned:
Burns Ave, St Paul, MN
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