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Fire alarm accidentally triggered at IRS buildingMartinsburg WV

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audio iconFire & Arson
Berkeley Square Rd, Martinsburg, WV 25404

According to the dispatch call, employees accidentally triggered the fire alarm at an IRS building near Edward Miller Boulevard. There was no emergency, and the building is secure.

Audio|Heard on: Berkeley County Fire & EMS
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02:27
Transcript:
00:00
Forty-eight to Winesburg.
00:03
Okay.
00:05
What was that building number again?
00:09
The IRS building near Edward Miller Boulevard.
00:14
I have four.
00:22
Forty-eight to Winesburg, we sent one here.
00:26
Yep.
00:35
Forty-nine, it's been twenty-eight.
00:42
Forty-nine, go ahead.
00:43
You said Pennsylvania?
00:46
Negative, West Virginia.
00:48
Three zero George 15530.
00:50
George 155, West Virginia.
00:53
Copy.
01:01
Comes back to Wick Holdings,
01:04
Valley Trail Three to Twenty Six on a Chevy Colorado.
01:18
Forty-nine, we can hear it all of us.
01:21
Careful.
01:30
What do you got? Contact with one.
01:35
Careful.
01:37
(name withheld) employee.
01:41
Careful.
01:44
Twenty-seven West Virginia.
01:49
Okay.
01:52
Echo 665546.
01:55
Echo 665546 West Virginia.
02:09
Forty-nine, Mr.
02:10
Hilliard, he's going to be valid seventy-five, seventy-four.
02:16
Ten-four, break.
02:20
Okay.
02:22
A lot of us set off by accident from my employees.
02:26
They're all secure work there.

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Location mentioned:
Berkeley Square Rd, Martinsburg, WV 25404

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