Alert Passersby Prevent Trash Can Fire at UW Hospital
Incident Type:
Smoking
Dispatch:
Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 9:40am
Arrival:
Thursday, September 10, 2015 - 9:45am
Address:
600 block Highland Ave.
Madison, WI
Madison, WI
Narrative:
Some discarded smoking materials nearly started a trash can fire in the UW Hospital parking ramp Thursday.
A passerby smelled the odor of something burning and pulled the fire alarm in the parking ramp. Engine 9 was sent over to check on the activated alarm.
When the crew arrived, they met a witness who said there was a smoldering paper bag inside a trash bin outside the stairwell. By then, a second passerby used a water bottle to extinguish the smoldering bag.
Besides a hole burned through the paper bag, there was no damage to property thanks to the attentive passersby and their quick actions.
Posted 09/11/2015 - 8:32am
Contacts:
Cynthia Schuster (Public Information Officer), 608-261-5539, cschuster@cityofmadison.com