Smoke alarm triggers response at residence near West King St, Hillsborough NC
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a residential fire alarm near West King Street. Upon arrival, no visible fire or smoke was found but crews detected possible steam or fog on the upper floor. The homeowner was not present. Firefighters attempted entry through the garage using a door opener provided by the homeowner. Local police were notified and assisted with the entry.
Audio|Heard on: Orange County Fire and EMS
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03:27
Transcript:
00:00
Battalion 204, Engine 2.31, 325, West King Street.
00:05
Residential fire alarm.
00:07
Italian 24, engine hit 31,
00:10
325 West King Street.
00:13
Accidental fire alarm.
00:15
Cross Street, South Hassel Street and North Occoneechee Street.
00:18
Ops 2. Timeout 0903.
00:26
I'm sure let's up there.
00:31
574 on scene, Fordham 904.
00:39
Communications,
00:40
231, 204.
00:44
231-204 are not to King Street at 905.
00:47
You're responding to a heat temperature detector, zone 20, remote 1 at the Vescendac residents.
01:00
Communications, 231, 24, lane, two-story, story, wood, nothing visible from three-size, out of that case.
01:11
I'm looking visible out investigating in 907.
01:14
Communications, 204.
01:19
204, go ahead.
01:24
Be advised, we can't get anyone to come to the door at this time.
01:26
There are cars in the driveway, but you see you may kind of have a key holder.
01:29
We do have an alarm at this time.
01:36
We'll call the alarm company back.
01:42
Make sure of something.
01:47
You see?
01:54
Medi4, medic 2.
01:56
If you pull in front of FRA2, we'll open on the back door, you can come straight in.
02:05
Decation 204.
02:08
Go ahead.
02:11
I can't tell if I got steam or smoke in the upstairs boiler kind of foggy.
02:15
We're going to make the entry.
02:16
I don't smell anything.
02:17
Just have PD respond with force entry.
02:24
202 is around.
02:26
204-202-910.
02:32
204 from communications.
02:34
You go ahead.
02:38
Homeowner is not on scene.
02:40
He's in Alamance County.
02:41
He advised he's trying to communicate through the camera.
02:47
Yeah, it's not working.
02:52
204. He also gave us information for a location for our door opener.
02:57
That information is in the notes.
02:59
And Hillsborough PD is being notified.
03:04
Homeowner? All right, stand by.
03:10
He's requesting you attempt to use a door opener and to not use force entry.
03:17
We make contact with them and we're going to go in through the garage door.
03:25
We found an opener for temple.
03:27
You can see it to PD.
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Location mentioned:
W King St, Hillsborough, NC 27278
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