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Fire alarm reported near Birmingham Drive, Hillsborough NC

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Birmingham Dr, Hillsborough, NC 27278

As discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a residential fire alarm near Birmingham Drive in Hillsborough. Upon arrival at a two-story townhouse, no visible fire was observed, and the alarm appeared to be limited to a single unit. The activation was traced to an upstairs smoke detector.

Audio|Heard on: Orange County Fire and EMS
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01:36
Transcript:
00:00
Battalion 204, Engine 231, near Birmingham Drive, residential fire alarm.
00:09
Battalion 204, Engine 231, near Birmingham Drive, residential fire alarm.
00:19
Cross streets are Thomas Burke Drive and Orange Grove Road.
00:23
Ops 2, time out 0156.
00:31
Hey, welcome back.
00:35
Go ahead, chief.
00:37
I think it's going to be limited to a single unit.
00:40
If I can get you a little giant, I think we can get it and take a look at it.
00:46
Copy, let me put the keys back and we'll be over there.
00:50
Yeah, with that, 31 units away.
00:55
Yeah, with us.
00:56
Communicate, finish 31.
00:59
Found cops showing up here at 157.
01:01
Two thirty-one, two four out.
01:08
Four out, one fifty-eight received this from the ASAP notification point of activation is the upstairs smoke detector.
01:18
Company advised that they left a message.
01:25
Stations 200 and thirty-one, 204 on scene.
01:28
Two-story townhouse, nothing visible.
01:33
Two hundred and thirty-one to 204 on scene, nothing visible.
01:35
To one.

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Birmingham Dr, Hillsborough, NC 27278

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