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Fire alarm activated at Walmart store in Kinston, Kinston NC

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/28/2025 08:26 AM

Near W Vernon Ave, Kinston, NC 28504

A commercial fire alarm was activated at the Walmart store near West Vernon Avenue in Kinston. Multiple fire units were dispatched to the scene. Upon arrival, no visible signs of fire or smoke were found, and the incident was cleared as a false alarm or no emergency situation.

Audio|Source: Lenoir County Fire and EMS Dispatch

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Transcript:

00:00

Italian commercial fire alarm near West Vernon Avenue.

00:03

Attention, engine 33.

00:04

Truck 1, injun 22, commercial fire alarm near Westernan Avenue,

00:09

near Westernet Avenue, Walmart, Front Street, Hill Farm Road, and Smithfield Way.

00:13

All your response, CityOps 2.

00:20

Trouble in the small-ness, near Westburn Avenue,

00:25

switching up to...

00:29

201, near West Vernon Avenue, switching up to...

00:36

near West Vernon Avenue, it's switching up to.

00:42

And then 22, Lowellon.

00:45

Okay, 1128.

00:51

I'll be on Westfordner Avenue.

00:54

The zone 12 water flow for activation.

00:59

3.51.

01:03

Myself and 350 are going to be back in service.

01:09

Copy 11.29.

01:14

That's your new.

01:18

So 332, back in service.

01:22

Copy 1129.

01:24

Seen nothing visible.

01:26

Single store in Masonry, Walmart.

01:32

Andrew 33 on scene, nothing visible, 1129.

01:38

23 has command, command.

01:40

Copy Andrew 33, as command command.

01:42

Copy, Andrew 33, has command.

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Location mentioned:

Near W Vernon Ave, Kinston, NC 28504

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