Smoke reported with power outage at building in Torrance, Torrance CA
Fire & ArsonFire units responded to a building near Lomita Blvd in Torrance after smoke was reported along with power outages. Crews searched the attic, roof, and interior and confirmed the presence of smoke. They checked air conditioning units on the roof, some of which were off and others still running but not tripped. Power outages in the building affected multiple areas. The smoke seemed to start after power was restored. Authorities contacted Edison to address possible electrical issues affecting this and nearby locations.
Audio|Source: South Bay Fire: Culver City, El Segundo, Manhattan Beach, Redondo Beach, Torrance
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Transcript:
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Hey, just confirmed you're coming to tying with Engine 93 at 198,800, Hoffman.
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That's affirmative.
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We're on the east side,
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just south of Engine 92, Point on Stan.
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Copy.
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I'm going to have a truck 91, engine 93, handle 198, 198, Hawthorne, right, engine 93,
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the Tata 991-2.
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The Italian 91, one, two.
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The Italian 91 from Engine 93, go ahead.
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Are you good to handle with Engine 93, Truck 91? Can I take Engine 92, put them back to the city for other calls?
00:49
That's affirmative.
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10-4[1]. 911[2].
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Now you have Redondo Between 6-1, Redondo Truck 6-1, Engine 97, Engine 95, and DLS-92.
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Do you need me somewhere else?
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Would you like a rescue on that call?
01:22
Negative at this time.
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I think they're good with what they have.
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Ten for.
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Torrance, if you need to take BLS-92 from this scene, you can contact Battalion[3] 61.
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I'm sure they're not using them.
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10-4[1], thank you.
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Tadian 91, go ahead.
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Torrance, look in, do we have a call holding for elevator entrapment at (number withheld) Hawthorne? No affirmative.
02:01
Copy, please assign Truck 96.
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I'll take that call.
02:05
10-4[1].
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Boulevard, Del Imo Crossing.
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Map page 135.
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Manhattan Beach Engine,
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BLF, blood pressure issue at Starbucks on 300 North Pacific Coast Highway.
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Female complaining of blood pressure issues, Manhattan Beach Engine.
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We're on an engine 6-1 available.
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We'll take that call, counsel, on line route.
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4, engine 6-1 en route.
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The Jason unit flick?
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Just finishing up the second unit, they're both clear, everything's good.
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We're able to make access to the roof up here.
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Also,
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in route to the roof, we got a good look at the attic space.
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Both of the sillentile, everything's clear in the attic space.
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Around the roof now, checking the AC units.
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Copy, thank you.
03:31
186-1081 on tour 4
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From 299-9-1 on 2nd-9-3, go ahead
03:55
Hey Sam, we made access to the roof.
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No ACs are running at this time.
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I mean, it appears to be normal.
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Confirming all the ACs are off?
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That's affirmative.
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They're off.
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The one,
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about 50 feet in over the affected unit, it's still on, it's just not tripped.
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Copy. Copy.
04:24
Anyone Torrance?
04:28
Go ahead, Torrance.
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Your status?
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We're still on scene at near Lomita Blvd.
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I'll also check to see if there's a reset at that location.
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10-4[1]. We'll try.
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We're pretty busy right now.
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Copy.
04:54
Go ahead.
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Do we have an elevator number at the facility?
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They just stated it was ground level.
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Okay.
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Engine 93 from Truck 91.
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You need any additional information from us up here?
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Chuck NG-1 from Engine 93.
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That's it, thanks.
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Copy.
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Go for Engine 97.
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Just confirm that you're on the third floor.
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We're on the first floor. We're on the first floor.
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Copy that and you are clear on the first floor.
05:57
That's affirmative.
05:58
I'm here with an RP.
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They saw this one coming out of the ducts on the first floor.
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I'll go ahead and walk the additional floors, but we do have an all clear.
06:08
Everything's cleaning down here.
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Okay, copy that. Just have a good index of the building.
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How many floors are inside?
06:19
We have two floors here.
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Everybody's out of the building.
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I'm here with the RP.
06:28
Copy that and smoke's clear on both floors.
06:34
That's affirmative.
06:35
We'll smoke on the second floor.
06:38
They did have some power outages throughout the structure of different areas.
06:43
And then when the power came back on, that's kind of when the smoke started coming through the exactest.
06:52
Go ahead and contact tourists to get Edison out here.
06:55
It appears we had a couple calls in the area, so this might be a bigger Edison issue.
07:00
I'll see if they're coming en route.
07:05
Yeah, copy that.
07:11
Agent 97 from Truck 6-1.
07:15
Go ahead.
07:18
Can you give me a better location on kind of where the smoke is? We're trying to check all these units.
07:23
There's a lot of units up here on the roof.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative; message received and understood.
[2]
911: Emergency 911 call received, including hang-ups or disconnected calls.
[3]
Battalion: Chief officer/unit overseeing multiple companies/crews
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Location mentioned:
Near Lomita Blvd, Torrance, CA 90505
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