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Just after 05:30 on Wednesday January 20th, 2010 United fire was alerted
for a smell of gas in a building with the report of smoke on the third
floor at 15 1/2 Public Ave. in Montrose Boro. United 11 (P. Sprout)
responded to the scene and as he was arriving communications was
updating that they were receiving an activated fire alarm from ADT for
that address. United tower and Engine 2 responded. United 11 found a
strong smell of fuel and a smoke on all floors of the building. crews
then went to work evacuating the residents from their apartments and
well as searching for the source. Crews found the source of the problem
to be traced back to a malfunctioning furnace in the basement of the
building. Once the building was clear of occupants crews went back into
the structure and found high levels of CO on all floors. Crews then
began searching the adjacent buildings and metering for CO. trace
amounts were found in the building to the north of the primary structure
and that building was also evacuated as a precaution. Command had
the building owner notified and advised them to have a serviceman
respond as soon as possible. Crews began to ventilate the building. EMA
was notified due to the number of residences displaced and the red cross
was requested to set up a shelter. Crews remained on scene for several
hours ventilating the buildings. All units would return to service just
before 10:30. there was 1 civilian injury reported and they were treated
on scene by EMS.
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