Apparent false alarm from steam near Summer St, Fitchburg MA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a detector activation near Summer Street in Fitchburg. The alarm appeared to come from a nail salon, and it was likely a false alarm caused by steam. No fire or damage was found, and the engine returned to service shortly after the investigation.
Audio|Heard on: Fitchburg and Lunenburg Fire and Mid State Control
Listen to dispatch call
02:4
Transcript:
00:00
Attention Fitchburg Fire Department, to near Summer Street.
00:03
First floor, investigate the detector.
00:06
Engine four respond, that's near Summer Street, first floor, investigate the detector.
00:10
Engine four at file, I'm 1901.
00:18
Engine request, hold Summer Street.
00:19
Investigate the detector.
00:22
Engine four, you're en route 1902.
00:30
Four is off three-story wood frame.
00:31
Nothing showing.
00:32
We'll be investigating.
00:35
Engine four on arrival.
00:36
Three-story wood frame.
00:38
Nothing showing.
00:39
We'll investigate 1903.
00:51
Fourteen Summer Mid Office.
00:54
Do you have your keys with you?
00:59
Negative, they're in the truck.
01:05
Thirty-six Litchfield Pines Drive.
01:09
ELS.
01:23
Rescue two.
01:25
Thirty-six Litchfield Pines Drive.
01:28
The assault with police.
01:30
That's thirty-six Litchfield Pines Drive to the assault with police, rescue two.
01:41
Eight forty-five.
01:47
Fire alarm answered, Engine Four.
01:52
We have detector activation at the nail salon, possibly due to steam.
01:55
This is recent holding, Engine Four, you may be clearing service.
01:59
Received, detector activation, nail salon, possibly from steam.
02:02
You'll be clearing in service, 1910.
Disclaimer:
This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Summer St, Fitchburg, MA 01420
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