Fire alarm at Vawter Hall with chemical residue cleanup, Blacksburg VA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/12/2025 08:22 PM

Vawter Hall, 180 Kent St, Blacksburg, VA 24060

The Blacksburg Fire Department responded to a fire alarm activation at Vawter Hall. Afterward, they requested facilities to clean chemical residue from the stairwells.

Audio|Source: Montgomery County Public Safety

03:25

Transcript:

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Enemy, Blacksburg, fire, fire alarm activation, Vawter Hall,

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any basement stairs,

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operates, BRS,

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correction BFD-1, (number withheld).

00:19

MCFR N-C-F-R

00:29

Henry Christian-Dub Refugee, trial in response, 6-person, Linden Green Apartments, is going to be (number withheld), Linder Green Apartments, (number withheld), operates at 3.

00:36

Clear, 23, (number withheld).

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fire.

00:46

Fresh oil, go ahead and hug up there.

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VT, PD.

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Check 143, NERV.

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You should be (number withheld), speed.

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(number withheld), speed.

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10.4.

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01:07

PD.

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1-32 RV.

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132.

01:14

Change of call type to a citizen.

01:18

Units of 108, Ivey 108 with the number one.

01:22

There was no physical assault, just verbal argument.

01:28

If you could keep the card open for 514, he's going to be doing the voluntary transport for (name withheld).

01:35

Keys.

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1014.514 and I'll be starting knowledge.

01:42

Good.

01:44

Same as ending, the end up the end up to code 20.

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104.

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ETPD. 2.44 and I'll read 1023.

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1023. 104.

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B Fire Engine 11 NERV

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Engine 11

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On scene, multi-story door, nothing going, nothing going.

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Tenfer.

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Ladder in 11, everybody, all in Sanford.

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Timper.

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MCPD 20 times 1828 Texas

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Victor Hotel Zulu 4848 VHc VHC 4848 4848 B-FIRE B FIRE 4-HIN 11 in RV

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B FIRE

03:02

Good.

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Can you notify facilities to housekeeping to clean the fire extinguisher stairwells?

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Repeat.

03:21

Can you notify facilities that do a dry chemical all over this stairwells?

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Vawter Hall, 180 Kent St, Blacksburg, VA 24060

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