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Fire alarm triggered by maintenance at airport, Milwaukee WI

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audio iconFire & Arson
Milwaukee Mitchell Int'l Airport (MKE), 5300 S Howell Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53207

As discussed during the dispatch call, a fire alarm was activated in the basement tug tunnel near the elevator P lobby at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport. Maintenance steam cleaning likely triggered the alarm. No fire was found.

Audio|Heard on: Milwaukee WI Public Works Group Calls
Listen to dispatch call
00:54
Transcript:
00:00
Where is that fire alarm again?
00:02
Sorry, could you say again for (number withheld)? Sorry.
00:07
You are good. I was just asking where that fire alarm was again.
00:09
The fire alarm is in basement tug tunnel, elevator P lobby.
00:14
It says.
00:16
All right, copy.
00:17
I think that's by the flight shop offices.
00:20
They probably burned something down there.
00:22
I'll go check that out.
00:24
Copy. Yeah, it was called.
00:26
There is no fire, but yeah, the alarm is going off.
00:31
A(number withheld). Go ahead.
00:36
Hey, I don't know.
00:37
Were you going to go get those units or do we not get those?
00:43
We don't need to get them.
00:45
But yeah, I just drove through the tug tunnel.
00:46
It's going off down here and I'm pretty sure it was set off by the maintenance doing steam cleaning.
00:53
Okay, copy that.

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Location mentioned:
Milwaukee Mitchell Int'l Airport (MKE), 5300 S Howell Ave, Milwaukee, WI 53207

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