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Food burns causing false fire alarm at high-riseEvanston IL

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Near Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201

Fire units responded to a fire alarm at a high-rise building on Chicago Avenue. Investigation found burnt food on the fifth floor with no active fire.

Audio|Source: Evanston Fire
01:35
Transcript:
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Automatic fire alarm, squad 21, truck 23, battalion 21,
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near Chicago Avenue.
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AFA[1], squad 21, truck 23, battalion 21,
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near Chicago Avenue.
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521 sounds seen east on in command high-rise residential type and we'll investigate squad 21 is near Chicago Avenue high-rise
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squad 21 has command
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Italian 21's off in command.
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Italian 21's near Chicago assumes command.
00:53
Command, just pitch.
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Go ahead, command, command.
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Burn food on the fifth floor.
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I'm going to be returning.
01:26
The squad and the truck will be unseen for another couple of minutes.
01:34
That's received.
Police codes explained
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[1]
AFA: Automatic Fire Alarm

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Location mentioned:
Near Chicago Ave, Evanston, IL 60201
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