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Smoke alarm at Rollingwood ApartmentsCastle Shannon PA

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Baldwin St, Castle Shannon, PA 15234

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a commercial fire alarm at the Rollingwood Apartments near Rollingwood Drive in Castle Shannon. Reports indicated smoke in a second-floor hallway, possibly caused by burnt popcorn. Police and multiple fire companies were on scene, and no visible fire was observed from the exterior.

Audio|Heard on: Allegheny County Fire - East
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02:47
Transcript:
00:00
For a commercial alarm activation,
00:03
Zone five and 18 smoke alarms, Rollingwood Apartments building 200 north or south, near Rollingwood Drive.
00:11
Companies 213, 211 engine, 212 truck on eastbound operation three, second activation 225.
00:22
Rescue is in.
00:25
Copy to 13 rescue.
00:31
Thirteen rescue County.
00:35
Multiple calls coming in, additional call reporting that there's smoke at the end of the hall on the second floor.
00:45
Police on scene.
00:51
Go ahead and fill this.
00:54
Go ahead with the fills.
00:58
Copy.
01:25
For fire alarm activation,
01:28
Zone five and 18 smoke call reporting.
01:31
Smoke on the second floor at the end of the hallway.
01:37
Rollingwood Apartments, Building 200, near Rollingwood Drive.
01:42
One hundred and thirty-five rescue, 306 engine, 283 truck on East Fire Ops three, two hundred and twenty-nine.
01:55
Okay, 213 rescues on scene.
01:58
Nothing shown from the exterior.
02:01
213 assistant will have command.
02:06
Copy on scene.
02:08
Nothing showing from the exterior.
02:11
Assistant has same.
02:17
13 rescue also reporting that it smells like burnt popcorn.
02:25
Copy.
02:33
Copy 135 rescue on.
02:46
Copy 135 rescue.

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Baldwin St, Castle Shannon, PA 15234

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