Fire alarm triggered by burnt materials at rooming house, Chelsea MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/9/2025 06:19 PM

Near Eastern Ave, Chelsea, MA 02150

A fire alarm at a rooming house near Eastern Ave was activated. Crews were dispatched and found smoke from burnt materials causing the alarm. No fire was found, and the alarm was reset with units returning to service.

Audio|Source: Chelsea Fire Dispatch

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Transcript:

00:00

Chelsea box 3851.

00:03

Corridor's rooming house near Eastern Ave.

00:07

Response to the box.

00:08

Engine 1, engine 2, ladder 2, car 3.

00:12

That's Chelsea Box 3851 for the rooming house near Eastern Ave.

00:18

Response to the box.

00:20

Engine 1, engine 2, ladder 2, car 3, channel 2 via hydro.

00:26

5-up.

00:33

Answering. EMS with Bias crash on the occasion.

00:37

You can show engine 3 on scene, eastern as long sound and nothing showing.

00:44

EMS for a meeting on scene.

00:47

Engine 3, show you on scene of rooming house near Eastern Ave with the alarm sounding nothing showing.

00:53

Switch to Channel 2.

00:59

3 to 5.3.

01:03

Godfrey.

01:06

I'll investigate the dining area, Ray Hallway.

01:12

Godfrey has it.

01:18

Thanks for you're going to meet.

01:25

Got it, you're Frank.

01:28

Yeah, we got the activated detector.

01:30

We got the bar.

01:32

Somebody's spoken one of those baypins.

01:35

All it's time for the Buccovich.

01:40

Okay, how's the message? Cathay to file.

01:44

I'm answering.

01:46

The alarm is answering,

01:50

Carthry.

01:55

Holdenget 3 Ladder 2 all in the box.

01:59

1.103, ladder 2, all out on the box.

02:01

2125.

02:21

All out block 3851, all out block 3851.

02:26

The time is answered.

02:31

The foreseen transporting Everett with police on board.

02:40

CHA Ever with police on board 2127.

02:47

Have committed, file.

02:52

Alam is answering you channel command.

02:55

The alarm was caused by spoken materials.

02:57

Firearm system, master box, reset.

03:00

Companies are in service, terminate command.

03:02

The master box reset.

03:06

Companies in service terminate in command, 2128.

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Near Eastern Ave, Chelsea, MA 02150

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