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False fire alarm at hospital triggered by workersChicago IL

audio iconFire & Arson
Near W Wellington Ave, Chicago, IL 60657

The audio captures fire units responding to a hospital fire alarm near Wellington Ave. Crews found no fire; workers accidentally triggered the alarm. Teams checked a laundry room and inspected the building. One engine remained to reset the system.

Audio|Source: Chicago Fire - Digital
02:35
Transcript:
Wellington, uh, Knox alarm, near Wellington. 14-50505 for (name withheld). 117 and the C. Battalion pulls at near Wellington for a cold box seven story. Fire resistive hospital complex, 300 by 200. We're going to be checking at our office. Battalion 12 on the scene. Battalion 3, fire attack. Battalion 3, fire attack. Battalion 3, fire attack. Battalion 3, fire attack. Battalion 3, fire attacks. Very good. Battalion 4, forward fire. Battalion 4, forward fire. Battalion 4, forward fire. Very good. Inj 14, your third engine. What's your third engine. 42, third engine. near East Delaware, third engine. Very good, 14 return, 14 return. near East Delaware, all these four your high-rise. Check at the, uh, still, we are eastbound. All right, I didn't believe that's night, 8.14, you got to hold up there, 14, return. One engine one. Italian 1, near East Delaware. 36-story, residential high-rise. Nothing showing on the still alarm. Companies you're investigating smoking a laundry room. All right, the Italian 1, smoking laundry room, checking it out. Battalion, 12, Maine. You can strike out the box. We had workers still working in the building. I accidentally set off the system. I'm going to keep engine 55 to reset. Your message received. Boxing near Wellington. Truck Army, near Wellington. Struck Army, near Wellington. Struck Army is 12 Battalion.

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Near W Wellington Ave, Chicago, IL 60657
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