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No fire found after furnace smell at retail storeNew Bedford MA

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Church St, New Bedford, MA 02745

According to the dispatch call, employees at Dollar General on Kings Highway reported a burning smell. Fire responders found no fire or smoke and determined the smell was from a furnace.

Audio|Heard on: New Bedford Police, Fire and EMS
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03:38
Transcript:
00:00
Dollar General, 1000 Kings Highway; employees smelled burning, no smoke or fire.
00:06
Copy.
00:14
32 will be in route to Dollar General as all.
00:17
Thank you.
00:24
Route 38, control.
00:27
Route 38.
00:29
I'm going to be out with that male and female at unit 34 and 33.
00:35
It's actually going to be near Pinkham Street at the house.
00:40
Redfeet.
00:42
I wait two on the miles.
00:46
Thank you.
00:53
Twenty three thousand miles.
00:57
Thank you.
01:04
33, central.
01:06
33.
01:08
Central order serves.
01:09
Can you inquire with the fire department? Do they have anything showing at Kings Highway?
01:16
Affirmative.
01:17
Dollar General, 1000 Kings Highway.
01:19
No smoke or fire; employees smelled burning.
01:24
Affirmative, I'm honestly no fire was already there.
01:26
If they had anything showing.
01:32
Good night.
01:33
Thank you.
01:37
23. The control.
01:39
23.
01:41
No of the complaint is still here.
01:44
I'll have a good shift.
01:52
Control of 23.
01:54
Complaint is following around the end.
01:58
Receive. In the description?
02:07
The only description I have the mail wearing a mask holding a crowbar.
02:13
Thank you.
02:17
32 belt.
02:21
Received.
02:27
Twenty-dain roll question.
02:31
Refute.
02:32
Twenty-two.
02:37
Twenty-two. Twenty-two.
02:42
You can show any clarification issue.
02:45
Rescute.
02:46
Rescute. The schedule was 33, 34.
02:53
303.
02:56
34.
02:59
Can you make you read of 46 French and Tree, apartment 2 East?
03:19
Neighbors up there are verbally arguing?
03:28
Rob 32, control.
03:31
Rob 32.
03:33
Control, I spoke to the manned sky.
03:35
They just put on the furnace and that was the smell.
03:38
You can clear out.

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Church St, New Bedford, MA 02745

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