Burnt food sets off fire alarm on Marble Street

Heard on: Athol Police Department

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Just took a call for some sort of alarm sounding behind the apartment buildings down the end of Marble Street.

00:09

Two

00:15

(number withheld) five dispatch, I am on Marble.

00:19

Received.

00:25

Two (number withheld) five dispatch.

00:28

Two (number withheld) five.

00:33

Believe it is a fire alarm going off at (number withheld) Marble Street.

00:45

Received, I'll call on fire.

00:47

Two (number withheld) five, can you give me a two?

00:53

Two (number withheld)

00:59

five, dispatch.

01:02

Two (number withheld) five.

01:05

If you want to just let fire know, it was apartment number (number withheld).

01:08

There was some burnt food on the stove.

01:10

There's a little bit of smoke in the apartment, but the resident there took it off.

01:17

Copy.

8/7/2026 05:09 PM

Fire

Marble St, Athol, MA 01331

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, an apparent fire alarm sounded near an apartment building on Marble Street. Responding officers reported that the alarm at a ground-floor unit was triggered by burnt food on a stove, with a small amount of smoke inside. The fire department was notified to respond to the scene.