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Heard on: Albemarle VA Fire-Tac Group Calls · 12/30/2025 05:49 PM
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00:07
Met up with a caller on site, (name withheld) stated the laundry room is on site, (name withheld) may have smoke in it.
01:19
Engine 1 is investigating the laundry room which is also a mechanical room with smell of burnt food, checking the apartment next door.
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Burnt food causes smoke alarm at Park Street apartments

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to an apartment building near Park Street in Charlottesville after smoke was reported coming from a laundry and mechanical room. Investigation found burnt food in one apartment, which caused the alarm. There was no fire spread or damage, and smoke was cleared with the situation under control.

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Park St, Charlottesville, VA
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