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Cooking sets off fire alarm near Beech StFitchburg MA

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Beech St, Fitchburg, MA 01420

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a fire alarm at a multi-family building near Beech St in Fitchburg. On arrival, they found no visible fire. The alarm was determined to be accidental, caused by cooking, and was handled at the scene without further incident.

Audio|Heard on: Fitchburg and Lunenburg Fire and Mid State Control
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02:3
Transcript:
00:00
Engines two, four, ladder one, rescue three, and a deputy.
00:28
Fitchburg Fire Department,
00:30
near Beech St.
00:33
Alarms in the multifamily.
00:35
That's engines two, four, ladder one, rescue three, and a deputy.
00:39
Near Beech St.
00:41
Alarms on multifamily.
00:42
Fire alarm 16 forty-nine.
00:50
Fire MC two and crew to near Beech St for alarms at a multifamily.
00:55
C2 and crews en route.
00:57
Channel 25, ground will be the operating channel.
00:59
Crews responding, be advised.
01:00
Looks like it's the intersection at Beech St and La Flamme Place.
01:04
The closest hydrants are going to be nearby.
01:15
Fire, I'm Engine 2 on arrival.
01:17
Three-story, ordinary, nothing showing.
01:19
We're investigating.
01:22
Engine two on arrival.
01:24
Three-story, ordinary, nothing showing.
01:26
Investigating. 1652.
01:33
201 to C2.
01:37
Go ahead, 201.
01:40
Accidental due to cooking.
01:42
We can handle.
01:46
Received. Chief, due to the fire alarm, two ones reporting accidental activation due to cooking they can handle.
01:51
You can return to central pieces.
01:56
Received. Two one reporting accidental activation due to cooking.
01:59
Returning all central pieces.
02:01
Back on channel one.
02:02
Sixteen 53 .

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Beech St, Fitchburg, MA 01420

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