False fire alarm caused by reflection near Woodman St, Lynn MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/29/2025 03:08 PM

Near Woodman St, Lynn, MA 01905

A person reported seeing flames near Woodman Street, but after investigation, it was found to be a false alarm caused by a reflection and smoke from a heating system.

Audio|Source: Lynn Fire Department

03:18

Transcript:

00:00

Fire alarm[1], three on see nothing showing.

00:03

Three on seeing nothing showing.

00:10

I'm not to receive this call?

00:17

We received the call from a person in the parking lot at near Hood Street said you could see flames in the area of near Woodman.

00:32

In the housing units or across the street?

00:45

Okay,

00:47

police, it looks like it could have been coming from the housing area. She wasn't totally clear from exactly where she saw it right.

01:01

Okay, you received.

01:06

Measure 9 on C with a hydrant.

01:09

9, you're on C with a hydrogen.

01:15

H1's on C.

01:16

H1, you're on C. H1, you're on C.

01:25

Problem C4 is on Woodman.

01:29

C4 on C4 on C.

01:32

File, I'm into 7th on Woodman.

01:35

7 on me.

01:44

84 from each one.

01:47

C4 is on.

01:51

I'm going to head over near Hood Street see what you saw.

01:56

This is.

02:05

File up each one.

02:08

Each one's on.

02:10

Each one, the caller is in the parking lot of the Hood School.

02:14

All right off of each other, Major 3.

02:21

Hey, turn into 3.

02:24

You guys, Woods School or Hood Street?

02:31

Correction, Hood Street.

02:35

Fire along from Latitude. Can you still see it?

02:45

Ladder 2. Somebody is with the call in H1.

02:50

The person believes there was now a reflection from one of the windows over there.

02:58

C4 from H1. C4.

03:01

C4.

03:04

Yeah,

03:05

it looks like a false car. It looks like smoke coming from the heat system with the reflection or the light.

03:11

They thought it was a fire.

03:12

Now that they're looking at it closely, they think it's just a reflection.

03:17

C4 has it.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

Fire alarm: Automatic or manual fire alarm activation

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Near Woodman St, Lynn, MA 01905

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