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False fire alarm at apartment near Allen St and RailroadAllentown PA

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Near Allen St, Allentown, PA 18102

Responders received reports of a possible fire at an apartment building near Allen St and Railroad. Light was seen flashing in a second-floor window and alarms were sounding. Upon investigation, it was discovered that the light was from a lamp, and there was no fire.

Audio|Source: Lehigh County Police
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Transcript:
00:00
Near Allen St, construction North Lewis, north front, frig, glowing fire.
00:18
139 James three cars with lines on rivers to see EMS.
00:22
(name withheld) freaking problem.
00:27
For the future spinal.
00:32
213 to Ritt. To 13 to Ritt.
00:38
We're not off the RIT roads.
00:41
The Lowe is a lockdown.
00:47
Right now,
00:49
we're looking at what appears being fired in a parking building. Uh,
00:54
I project that, um,
01:00
I'll be around the river.
01:02
That's about that.
01:12
Copy. Uh, well, we'll get some of the advanced call with the cost of the economy.
01:20
Simple on this and you have a little bit a half for your general.
01:27
Okay.
01:28
Yeah.
01:33
Thanks a lot, it's really freak.
01:39
Yeah,
01:40
I'm not sure what the other additional was.
01:43
We have a second floor window in the apartment building,
01:46
which is near Railroad and Allen.
01:50
There's some light flashing in the window.
01:54
An individual came to the window.
01:56
We told them to come down and let us in.
01:59
I don't believe it's a fire.
02:01
I'm not sure if this is what they're talking about. How do you suggest the rest of the 100 o'clock in the house?
02:20
By AP Unit 702, hurt alarms going off, so it looks like a fire in a windows can be blowing for a little bit.
02:33
You guys locate that unit, hopefully you can point out better to where you're seeing it coming from.
03:01
APD officer,
03:03
she said he heard an alarm go off.
03:06
The individual who was in the window that he thought there was a fire,
03:10
came down at his seat.
03:13
It's a lamp inside the other way this is what we're talking about. There's no problem.
03:18
It's no problem. The 4-4.

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Near Allen St, Allentown, PA 18102

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