Toaster triggers fire alarm at nursing home

Heard on: St. Louis MN Fire Dispatch Group Calls

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

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

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Your working channel will be FD3, St.

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Louis off 524.

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St. Louis, High Lake Street cleared.

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I left. Call back in service.

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524.

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

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

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

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

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You're working channel BFD3, St.

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Louis. (number withheld).

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St. Louis or our fire acknowledges that page.

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(number withheld).

8/30/2026 03:24 AM

Fire

Northern Pines Medical Center Heliport (05MN), 5211 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, fire crews were dispatched to Northern Pines Medical Center after a reported fire alarm near Highway 110. Follow-up radio traffic indicated the alarm may have been triggered by a toaster in a nursing home area, with no fire found, and staff requested assistance resetting the alarm system.