False fire alarm at Northern Pines nursing home

Heard on: North St. Louis County Sheriff, Fire and Roads

01:33

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

00:00

Advise sending fire to Northern Pines for a commercial fire alarm covering general fire zone one at (number withheld).

00:17

St. Louis to Aurora Fire Department, respond to Northern Piness, (number withheld) Highway 110 on a report of a fire alarm.

00:24

St. Louis to Aurora Fire Department, respond to Northern Piness, (number withheld) Highway 110 on a report of a fire alarm going off.

00:33

Your working channel will be FE3, St.

00:35

Louis up 524.

00:40

Zero, High Lakes Street cleared.

00:43

I'll ask call back in service.

00:46

Five twenty-four.

00:52

Good morning.

00:56

Good morning.

01:03

St. Louis River Fire Department, this is your 2nd page to respond to Northern Piness, (number withheld) Highway 110, on a fire alarm.

01:12

Call to the hospital said it was a toaster that set it off, no actual fire, but they would like help resetting.

01:17

St. Louis River Fire respond to Northern Piness, (number withheld) Highway 110, for a fire alarm going off.

01:24

Per Northern Piness, it was a nursing home toaster that set it off, no actual fire, but they need help resetting.

01:30

You're working channel BFD3, St.

01:31

Louis. Five twenty-six.

8/30/2026 03:18 AM

Fire

Hwy 110, Aurora, MN 55705

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, crews were dispatched to Northern Pines near Highway 110 in Aurora for a commercial fire alarm. Radio traffic indicates the alarm may have been triggered by a toaster, with no active fire reported, and staff requested help resetting the alarm system.