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False fire alarm at Emerson Apartments caused by steamBeloit WI

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Near Lawton Ave, Beloit, WI 53511

A commercial fire alarm was reported at Emerson Apartments near Church Street with cross streets Clary Street and Woodward Avenue. Fire units responded but determined the cause was steam from a hot shower, not a fire.

Audio|Source: Rock and Surrounding Area Fire Departments
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Transcript:
00:00
Engine 113, Battalion 1, and ladder 131 respond to near Church Street.
00:07
For an alarm.
00:08
Commercial fire.
00:10
Cross streets are Clary Street and Woodward Avenue.
00:13
Time now, 2359.
00:25
Phaephae, bhae, bhae, bhae.
00:43
113, Ladder 131, O'Shoe-Enroe, Emerson Apartments, near Church Street, per commercial fire alarm,
00:52
a smoke detector going off.
00:54
Cross streets, Woodward Avenue to Clary Street, Clary to Woodward.
01:00
Reporting District, Bill 839.
01:06
Fullback, Corse.
01:09
Copy 312 and Corse. Copy 312 and Corse.
01:15
Blackfire, 113 on scene. We got a three-story dormitory with security now hold for a second.
01:30
13 on scene.
01:33
Backfire, that was present.
01:35
131, also unseen.
01:37
Staging.
01:40
Rockfire, copy.
01:43
The Rockfire Battalion 1. All units can return, they're saying it is steam from a hot shower.

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Near Lawton Ave, Beloit, WI 53511

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