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Fire alarm at Brown's rooming house caused by stoveNew Bedford MA

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Near Sawyer St, New Bedford, MA 02746

A fire alarm at Brown's rooming house near Sawyer Street was activated due to reported smoke on the second floor. Upon arrival, firefighters found the stove left on but no actual fire or smoke. The stove was turned off to prevent hazard.

Audio|Source: New Bedford Police, Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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ladder floor at 7-09 unit 1 at Brown's rooming house near Sawyer St, Jimmy free fire alarm called by central station, indicating second floor smoke.
00:10
Again, fire alarm dispatching, ladder 4, engine 7, engine 9, unit 1 at Brown's rooming house, near Sawyer St. It's going to be a fire alarm called in my central station, indicating second floor smoke.
00:24
Crosses our Mitchell Street in Builder Lab.
00:28
Fire alarm, you don't want to respond it.
00:32
Fire alarm copies in one responding.
00:41
This is Ladder 4, Unit 1.
00:47
This is Ladder 4, Unit 1.
00:52
I'm coming from Station 7. We're going to get there first.
00:55
Is that knowledge?
01:10
Control the medical fall.
01:17
34.
01:19
Are you leaving for break?
01:22
Yes.
01:24
And your response to the Dollar General at (number withheld), Turnst Street,
01:28
that is a 34-year-old female and a blue Honda in the parking lot,
01:32
states that she feels that she had the piece of contendi stuck in her throat, making it difficult to breathe.
01:39
Please.
01:48
Hi, alarm, ladder four on scene, three-story residential building, alarm sounding, nothing showing.
01:57
File, on copy, letter four on scene, three-story residential, alarm sound, nothing showing.
02:09
35 control
02:16
Do we have a last known direction of travel on this vehicle?
02:27
Tell me a negative set.
02:38
Twenty-three.
02:41
Yeah, a couple arguing inside the apartment, sending all the inner, please.
02:46
Okay, twenty-four.
02:47
Twenty-four copies on route.
02:58
Mid once.
03:01
3.50 Cottage Street.
03:04
An 89-year-old female trooping on some sort of bones.
03:08
She is getting there.
03:11
Richard.
03:17
File line from letter four.
03:22
Go ahead, letter four.
03:27
We silence the alarm. We made our way to the second floor. The stove was left on. There's nothing on it. There's no smoke or anything. Burner was left on. We turned it off.

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Near Sawyer St, New Bedford, MA 02746

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