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Expanding battery risks explosion in campus building, Albany NY

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Near Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12222

Dispatch audio reporting a lithium battery expanding in a biology building at SUNY Albany. The battery is not smoking but may explode. The audio also mentions an automatic fire alarm or alarm sound.

Audio|Source: Albany City Fire
00:56
Transcript:
(name withheld), they have an automatic firearm going off in a biology building near the podium.They say that they have a lithium battery that's expanding, not smoking,but may explode.There's a four truck floor, four-town to wash naps from the Uptown.The biology building near the podium.It's a lithium battery that's expanding, not smoking.Unknown if it will explode.(number withheld). The Italian one? The Italian one's on.Did you get that information I just put out for that call?(name withheld), if you do the video?Yeah, they got a...over at SUNY.They got a lithium battery that's expanding, not smoking, but may explode.

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Near Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12222
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