False fire alarm due to burnt food at Pelham St, Newport RI

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/5/2025 02:53 PM

Near Pelham St, Newport, RI 02840

A phone alarm reported a possible fire near Pelham Street in Newport. Fire units responded and found burnt food causing the alarm. The situation was handled by Station 1, and the fire alarm system was reset without any fire discovered.

Audio|Source: Newport Fire

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Transcript:

00:00

Phone alarm, engine one, station 2,

00:03

near Pelham St, phone alarm, zone 1.

00:13

That's the phone alarm,

00:15

engine one, station 2, respond near Pelham St,

00:19

zone 1. Communication fire on 1, 1755.

00:27

Truck going away.

00:35

Received then roof.

00:38

Units responding near Pelham St.

00:41

There'll be a hydrant near Pelham St at Thames,

00:45

and Pellum in Spring.

00:47

Engine 5, go to the Calvert Street side.

00:55

Receive.

01:00

Engine 5, you can go on service.

01:07

Receive, engine 5 is in service.

01:14

Fire alarm, bench five.

01:19

Fire alarm answering.

01:21

Do you need us on that four alarm?

01:27

Engine two, what's your location?

01:32

... two and a half story, wood frame,

01:36

nothing showing out to investigate alarm sounding.

01:39

Oxfitts outside.

01:42

Receive not seen occupants outside.

01:47

Engine 2 from fire alarm. What's your location?

01:52

Yeah, one.

01:53

Spring.

01:58

Receive, engine 2.

02:06

Receive. Receive.

02:12

Better ones at peace.

02:16

Can't handle.

02:18

We're concerned for second four.

02:20

I'll to investigate.

02:28

Last unit, repeat.

02:31

Message was broken up.

02:37

Car 2 from Engine 1. This is burnt food station 1 can handle. I got a lot of time going to investigate.

02:48

Copy fire, let me get downgrade to Station 1 only.

02:53

Receive car 2.

02:55

Station 1 can handle all of their apparatus in service,

03:00

1800.

03:06

Fire alarm system reset, all units and service of Pall Street.

03:13

Receive, system reset,

03:16

all units in service, 1801.

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Near Pelham St, Newport, RI 02840

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