Fire alarm mistaken for smoke incident on West 24th, Chicago IL
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a possible fire near West 24th Street in Chicago after reports of smoke and an alarm. Firefighters investigated and confirmed it was only a smoke alarm that needed to be turned off. The alarm was determined to be a false one, and no fire was found.
Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 10
Listen to dispatch call
01:52
Transcript:
00:00
Do you have anything on the board about a fire near 24th and Oakley? There's a bunch of fire trucks and I see a bunch of firefighters trying to ring doorbells.
00:12
Uh, let me see.
00:17
We didn't get any tickets, so let me see what's going on.
00:21
I see him on the board over there.
00:27
All right, so they're using near West 24th Street and they are.
00:37
I don't know why we didn't get that, but it says someone got a call saying they see smoke in the 5th floor apartment alarm going off.
00:48
You want me to put you down over there for a little bit?
00:51
Near West 24th Street.
00:52
I'm not sure what they've got going on yet.
00:54
That's all I have on this one.
00:57
Yeah, go ahead and put us down.
00:59
We'll see how we can help.
01:02
Okay.
01:07
Eleven 20.
01:09
Eleven 20.
01:12
Hold me down near West Gladys on a CR investigation.
01:22
One more time on the address, sir?
01:25
Near West Gladys.
01:31
Okay, sorry about that.
01:32
Zero 4622.
01:35
Thirty-four.
01:41
Thirty-four?
01:44
Yeah, it was just the alarms going off.
01:45
They made contact with one of the residents to say it was just a smoke alarm that needs to be shut off.
01:50
No fire, so you can go ahead and clear over here.
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Location mentioned:
W 24th St, Chicago, IL 60608
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