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Heard on: Virginia Tech Police 1 · 1/18/2026 07:27 PM
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(number withheld) Kent Street, Whitehurst Hall fire alarm.
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It's advising 3rd floor, dorm room (number withheld) smoke.
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Smoke alarm at campus dorm on Kent St

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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency responders were dispatched to a possible fire at a university dormitory on Kent Street after a smoke alarm activated on the third floor. Preliminary radio reports indicated smoke in one of the rooms, but the nature and extent of the incident remain unconfirmed.

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Kent St, Blacksburg, VA 24061
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