Cooking mishap triggers fire alarm in apartment

Heard on: Bar Harbor, MDI and Acadia Police, Fire, EMS, Park Rangers

01:38

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

00:23

Fire department, we have a fire alarm activated.

00:26

Cooking here at (number withheld) Eagle Lake Road.

00:28

It's gonna be apartment (number withheld).

00:31

Caller disconnected.

00:32

She was heating up a pan, set off her smoke detector.

00:35

I'm not sure how to reset it.

00:37

Again, we have a report of a fire alarm activation, (number withheld) Eagle Lake Road, in apartment (number withheld).

00:43

Resident there is heating up a pan, overheated the oil in the pan, set off smoke detector.

00:49

Page clear, 1206.

00:56

Fire Rescue One, we're going to be responding from Holland Avenue.

01:14

Go up.

01:17

Only they were on 11.

01:19

Yeah, they just flagged me down.

01:21

She's here on Oliver Street.

01:26

12, Bar Harbor, we're in the area.

01:30

10-4.

01:36

Engine 5 will be en route to.

2026-10-28 16:02 UTC

Fire

Eagle Lake Rd Apt 103, Bar Harbor, ME 04609

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire units responded to a reported fire alarm activation at an apartment on Eagle Lake Road in Bar Harbor. The caller reportedly overheated oil while heating a pan, which set off the smoke detector, and then disconnected before fire crews arrived.