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False alarm sparks commercial fire scare at Duquesne School of LawPittsburgh PA

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Locust St, Pittsburgh, PA 15282

Emergency units responded to Duquesne School of Law after reports of white smoke raised concern with a possible fire outside the structure, later identified as steam from a vent causing the false alarm.

Audio|Source: Pittsburgh Fire Ground 2
03:53
Transcript:
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Attention all companies fire two dispatch zone 24 possible commercial fire Duquesne School of Law, 900 Locust Street off the consulting driver's seat some kind of fire on the outside of the structure
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and it's all companies firetee dispatch and two four commercial structure fired new game school of law 900 Locustra of Mcnulty driver's seat street I mean for some kind of fire on the outside of the structure
00:29
Responding companies will be four engine, three engine, 24 engine, 10 engine,
00:34
four truck, 14 truck, battalion two, 12 engines ago, team Mackey, and a battalion force and safety chief.
00:41
And utility four, companies been off fire two at 1960.
00:50
Four engine in.
00:51
Four engine in.
00:56
The Tion 2.
00:59
Tadion 2 in.
01:06
10 engine in.
01:09
10 engine in.
01:14
12 engine in.
01:17
12 engine in.
01:21
Utility in.
01:22
Utility in.
01:27
B.C.
01:29
Forward.
01:30
I'm talking for us.
01:35
Truck force.
01:36
Four truckers.
01:37
Four truckin.
01:39
City units respond to 900 Locust Street.
01:46
Cot was reporting white smoke coming from the side of the building on the first floor.
01:53
3 engine in 3 engine in
02:02
24 engine in
02:06
dispatch 4 engine on scene go to 3-story brick commercial nothing impaired from two sides
02:12
uh you call stand by dispatch 3 story commercial nothing showing
02:21
Sorry dispatch, the deputy chief is going to be on scene with number four.
02:27
Copy, Deputy on scene.
02:31
If they haven't been notified, notify campus, please.
02:36
Copy, they're already notified.
02:40
Back to them.
02:42
Back in.
02:43
Back in.
02:48
Truck four is on scene.
02:50
Four truck on scene.
02:58
Face to the Deputy.
03:03
Deputy.
03:05
We just got reports out if smoke was coming from a vent outside.
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Deputy from four engine.
03:14
Go ahead four.
03:17
Yeah, we're down here on the corner.
03:19
This is steam from a vent, uh,
03:22
gave the false pretense with the light behind it that it was flame.
03:24
We can handle.
03:25
Return everybody.
03:28
Received. Dispatch from the deputy.
03:30
Return all companies.
03:31
Four engine will stay for the report.
03:35
Copy, we got another one coming in.
03:37
We're fired too.
03:49
Four engine will go to fire one, fire two will be clear.

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