Smoke detector triggers false alarm at Apex Apartments, Milpitas CA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/28/2025 11:54 AM

Near S Abel St, Milpitas, CA 95035

Fire crews responded to a smoke detector activation in the first-floor corridor near the northwest exit at Apex Apartments near South Abel Street in Milpitas. Upon investigation, no active fire was found. The alarm panel was in trouble mode but did not indicate an emergency. The incident was cleared without evacuation.

Audio|Source: Milpitas Fire

02:16

Transcript:

00:00

Engine 86, truck 86, general fire alarm, Apex Apartments, near S Abel St,

00:08

Cross of Great Mall Parkway, and West Capital Avenue, map page 2.

00:22

Ntj86 track 86, I should be both responding to the Apex Apartments, to near S Abel St.

00:26

It's for a smoke detector on the first floor in the corridor by the north-west exit.

00:31

NGY86 copy?

00:34

NGASICS, copy? Aisyses.

00:41

No peace fire 36.

00:44

NJ6, go ahead.

00:47

86 is on scene.

00:48

Five-store apartment building has a show.

00:51

No alarm or evacuation is a process.

00:53

This will be investigating.

00:55

Truck stage.

00:59

Maybe there is a copy.

01:00

Five-story apartment is something showing the alarms, no evacuation you're investigating.

01:03

The truck to stage, we'll call it Apex Command.

01:11

Aetis fire, purecating synchronity.

01:15

Truck Denver.

01:17

Apis FI.C.

01:21

I.C. I.C.

01:23

Go ahead.

01:29

We have no active alarm, but we do have an alarm panel in trouble mode.

01:36

Do you have a number for maintenance by chance?

01:42

If you're 24, I'll start by, let me see what I can locate.

01:47

Copy that, thank you.

01:53

The text I see, multi-disper.

01:58

Go ahead.

02:00

I put it up a number for the maintenance supervisor and the tax trio.

02:07

Copy that, thank you.

02:09

Truck E6, you can cancel.

02:15

Chuck Eighty-six copies just available.

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Near S Abel St, Milpitas, CA 95035

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