Smoke issue closes university center for ventilation, Stevens Point WI
Fire & ArsonA smoke issue occurred in the Dreyfus University Center on the university campus. Fire and emergency services responded, ventilated the building, and closed it to the public until the smoke cleared. The smoke's cause was identified and was not from an active fire.
Audio|Source: Portage County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Can you call over to University Dining and see if they have an employee who can come over and check out the deep fryer of the pizza cooking area to just make sure it's shut off properly?
00:23
Clear available from the spires point.
00:27
Copy click.
00:33
I have a four base.
00:37
Did you attempt a silence yet? Just a silence?
00:44
I didn't. I don't know if it will given the amount of smoke there is.
00:52
This isn't going to help us. We just need to ventilate the building and then understand what caused it.
01:03
Reach out to IT.
01:05
If you have to use the after-hours emergency number, that's fine.
01:08
We're going to need to shut down the DUC until the smoke is properly ventilated.
01:13
And that's going to take some time. So we need to close it down to public access for the time being.
01:17
Yes, I believe he did arrive and we figured out what caused it.
01:20
Right now we're just working on shutting the building down and starting the ventilation process.
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Location mentioned:
Near Reserve St, Stevens Point, WI 54481
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