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False fire alarm on W 24th St confirmedChicago IL

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audio iconFire & Arson
W 24th St, Chicago, IL

As discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a report of smoky windows on the fifth floor of a building near W 24th St in Chicago. Upon investigation, it was found the building has only three floors and there was no fire. The incident was confirmed as a false alarm.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 10
Listen to dispatch call
01:8
Transcript:
00:00
Okay, so I know this is a dumb thing, but when you guys were over there on Twenty-fourth Street, they did say they cleared the whole building, right? Because we just wanted to make sure there was nothing else going on that 5th floor.
00:13
Yeah, one of the firefighters talked to one of the residents about the alarm keep going off and the resident.
00:22
I guess that's something, as the firefighter said.
00:24
Just make sure you get that fixed.
00:25
I talked to somebody about turning it off and they were all walking away by the time we left.
00:30
Okay, cool.
00:31
If you wanted to double check because my supervisor listened to the call, so he wanted me to just ask you about that 5th floor.
00:37
Thank you.
00:41
What did you say? Fifth floor?
00:44
Yeah, it said that there was the windows on the 5th floor appeared to be smoky.
00:52
Caller did not identify which side of the building this window was on.
00:58
Yes, but there were no five floors in that building.
01:00
There was three floors.
01:01
But yeah, like I said, that's what I saw.
01:04
Oh okay, awesome.
01:06
No worries, there's no 5th floor.
01:07
Thank you.

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W 24th St, Chicago, IL

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