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Food on stove triggers fire alarm at care facility

Heard on: Jefferson AL Law Dispatch Group Calls
02:55
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Engine 32, Rescue 77, Car 40, respond to a business or commercial fire alarm.
audio iconFire & Arson
Overton Ave, Birmingham, AL 35217
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Fire crews responded to a commercial fire alarm at Presbyterian Manor near Overton Avenue. Residents were evacuating and alarms were sounding, with light smoke reported in a second-floor hallway. Crews traced the smoke to food left on a stove in an apartment. They ventilated the hallway and apartment by opening windows and then had the alarm silenced. No active fire was found.

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