False fire alarm at Griffith South Bay Apartments, Milpitas CA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/22/2025 10:12 PM

Near Murphy Ranch Rd, Milpitas, CA 95035

A general fire alarm was activated at Griffith South Bay Apartments near Murphy Ranch Road. Firefighters arrived and found no smoke or fire. It was confirmed as a false alarm.

Audio|Source: Milpitas Fire

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Transcript:

00:00

Engine 89, truck 86, general fire alarm,

00:06

near Murphy Ranch Road, cross-off,

00:10

technology drive,

00:11

and creakside way, map page 15.

00:27

J.89, I'll show you responding to near Murphy Ranch Road,

00:32

near Murphy Ranch, Cross of Technology and Creekside, the Griffith South Bay Apartments.

00:38

The general fire alarm covers Zone 68 smoke detector. They have no further description of what that is.

00:45

We did have a resident call, so they did not see any smoke or flames.

00:51

In J.A.9. Eighty-nine.

00:56

Bill Peters Fire 89.

01:00

Okay, yes.

01:03

We're out seeing four-story apartment complex, nothing showing. Maintenance is reporting something near Department 146.

01:11

We'll be investigating it.

01:13

Truck stayed upon arrival.

01:15

This will be Griffith, I see.

01:19

I had partial coverage of copies. Boursory, apartment complex, something showing, maintenance, reporting something near apartment 146, truck to stage, confirm what the IC is going to be?

01:35

Did you mean that background, confirm what you're calling the IC?

01:41

This is Griffiths, I see. This is the Griffith's apartments.

01:45

I'm now reporting there is no smoke, but continue the truck until we can verify.

01:49

Central.

01:55

You'll be disfired. Truck 86 on C and we'll be staging.

01:59

Copy draft 86.

02:07

Track 86, I see you guys can cancel, it's verified pulse alarm.

02:15

Truck 886 copies, you can show us to be able.

02:18

I copy. I copy.

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Near Murphy Ranch Rd, Milpitas, CA 95035

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