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Smoke alarm triggered by cooking at student residenceTopeka KS

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SW Washburn Ave, Topeka, KS 66621

Fire crews responded to a smoke alarm at a student housing and dining hall near South Washburn Avenue in Topeka. Upon investigation, they found food left cooking with no active fire and reset the alarm system.

Audio|Source: Topeka and Shawnee County Fire Departments
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Transcript:
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Engine 5, Area 5, Battalion 2, make an alarm, near South Washburn Avenue at Lincoln Hall, housing and dining hall smoke alarm, work on Alpha 3.
00:08
Engine 5, engine 7, aerial 5, Battalion 2, making an alarm.
00:12
Near South Washburn Avenue at Lincoln Hall.
00:15
Housing and dining hall smoke alarm, work on Alpha 3, time out of Alpha 3 to time out of Alpha 3.
00:27
Engine 5 on scene, multi-level, dormitory, and up visible from the outside.
00:32
Engine 5 will be investigating all the company standby.
00:43
All 5 on scene in the rear.
00:50
7, level one.
00:56
That's right.
01:02
Andrew, Fire Real 5.
01:04
Go ahead.
01:20
What do you have for a location on the alarm panel? We're in the dining and the kitchen and not find anything.
01:29
We were told room 0-008 in the basement and we went and checked found some food they have been cooking, but no fire then anything.
01:40
We're going to try to reach that.
01:41
Engine 7, you can go back at service.
01:44
Signed to, go back in service.
01:54
Have we got the system reset?
01:56
You guys can go back in service.
02:00
Good boy.

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SW Washburn Ave, Topeka, KS 66621

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