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False fire alarm triggers evacuation at Home DepotOswego IL

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Near Walter Payton Memorial Hwy, Oswego, IL 60543

Fire crews responded to a fire alarm at the Home Depot near Route 34 in Oswego, Illinois. The building was evacuated with alarms sounding. It was later found that water in a detector caused a false alarm.

Audio|Source: Kendall County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Triggo fire and pull still for the fire alarm at the Home Depot, near Route 34.
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Trigal fire, pole still, fire alarm with Home Depot,
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near Route 34.
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The 21, engine 2, under 4, truck line you do.
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Can't come, Oswego, engine two's in row.
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Engine two.
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Can't go my single engine two is on the scene.
00:29
Large single story non-combustible.
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We have audible alarms and strokes.
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People are evacuated.
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We're going to be westbound Division A.
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Okay,
00:44
I got my single battalion, huh?
00:57
Okay,
00:59
Got by a single battalion one, huh?
01:02
Good.
01:09
We have water and a detector, false alarm.
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Free turn our bail, engine two can handle them.
01:15
Battalion, copy.
01:17
Engine two will handle.

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Near Walter Payton Memorial Hwy, Oswego, IL 60543

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