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Firefighters responded to an electrical fire report at a four-unit complex on Lake Austin Blvd. They detected a small heat signature near an air vent in an unoccupied, smoke-filled apartment and are working to locate the fire's source.

Electrical Fire Inside Apartment, Apartment Evacuated

Truck 1, firefighters and driver, will you all please re-energize the unaffected of apartments?

Firefighters are re-energizing the unaffected apartments in the complex.

Emergency Truck 1. Once we get that smoke cleared out, we can confirm that we have no more smoke production, and I'll know that we found the source. Fairly certain it's coming from right here.

Firefighters confirmed no further smoke production after identifying the burned filter as the source.

Smoke, this, looks like it's this AC unit in this closet right here.

 Looks like the filter's burned up pretty good.

Smoke, this, looks like it's this AC unit in this closet right here. Looks like the filter's burned up pretty good.

Firefighters identified the source of the smoke as a burned filter in an AC unit closet.

 You can come up to the scene, grab a fan off of, take a fan to this affectionate apartment and go ahead and ventilate it.

 Received. Fan to the smoked apartment. What was the number on that apartment again, command?

Go ahead, command. You can come up to the scene, grab a fan off of, take a fan to this affectionate apartment and go ahead and ventilate it. Received. Fan to the smoked apartment. What was the number on that apartment again, command?

Firefighters used a fan to ventilate the smoke-filled apartment.

apart. Command, this is Truck 1. We're going to be inside truck, performing inside in, outside truck duties at the moment. Right now, we do have everyone evacuated. We're going to do a quick primary. Received, Truck 1. You have someone check those breaker panels right there and see if anything's tripped. Maybe that might indicate.

Battalion 1 and Truck 1 are on scene. Battalion 1's assuming command. We're still searching for a possible source of the cause of the smoke. No other change in the size of it.

 Fan post is on truck 1. We're going to call the alpha side, the roadside.

Battalion 1 and Truck 1 are on scene. Battalion 1's assuming command. We're still searching for a possible source of the cause of the smoke. No other change in the size of it. Fan post is on truck 1. We're going to call the alpha side, the roadside.

Firefighters have evacuated the building and are checking breaker panels for potential issues.

Engine 4 is out, level 1 stage at a hydrant, close to Engine 10.

 When you get on scene, if you can assist us with forceful entry of some exterior doors,

 we're still trying to find out where the smoke is coming from.

 We're going to force some, we're going to pull some ceiling interior.

 There are some metal doors on the exterior that need to be opened up to rule those out.

Engine 4 is out, level 1 stage at a hydrant, close to Engine 10. Truck 1, this is Engine 901. Go ahead. When you get on scene, if you can assist us with forceful entry of some exterior doors, we're still trying to find out where the smoke is coming from. We're going to force some, we're going to pull some ceiling interior. There are some metal doors on the exterior that need to be opened up to rule those out. Truck 1, received. We are arriving on scene.

Firefighters are preparing to force entry through exterior doors to locate the smoke source.

All incoming units, this is Engine 901. We have a hydrant right here by our engine. No need to bring a hydrant in. We got one here at the front. It's going to be a four-unit apartment complex. There's not six units in here, there's four. We're still looking for the source. We've got a small heat signature of 100 degrees by an air vent. We're still trying to track that.

Hydrant right in front of Engine 901. It's a 4 unit, not 6 unit. Complex, 100 degrees. Source, near the air vent.

Firefighters have detected a small heat signature near an air vent in the four-unit complex.

Engine 901 on scene, assuming command, made access into unoccupied apartment, full of smoke, no source, pull the line, offensive mode, two-story complex with six units.

Firefighters have accessed an unoccupied apartment filled with smoke but have not yet identified the fire's source.

 Attention Fire Department, we have a light box alarm on F-TAC 201 and Box 1003 at 3362 Lake Austin Boulevard,

 apartment D at the Brick and Ridge Crowd Apartments for Engine 901, Truck 1, Engine 10, Engine 4, Battalion 1 on F-TAC 201.

 All units show to be responding. Engine 901 is on scene. Came in as electrical fire. Upgraded to a light box.

Respond with Engine 901. Attention Fire Department, we have a light box alarm on F-TAC 201 and Box 1003 at 3362 Lake Austin Boulevard, apartment D at the Brick and Ridge Crowd Apartments for Engine 901, Truck 1, Engine 10, Engine 4, Battalion 1 on F-TAC 201. All units show to be responding. Engine 901 is on scene. Came in as electrical fire. Upgraded to a light box.

Firefighters are responding to a 911 report of an electrical fire.

A 911 caller has reported an unconfirmed incident at 3362 Lake Austin Blvd.

Electrical Fire Inside Apartment, Apartment Evacuated

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