False Fire Alarm at Henderson Towers from Oven Smoke, Durham NC


A fire alarm was triggered at Henderson Towers near South Duke Street. Fire crews responded but found no fire or danger. The alarm was caused by smoke from a resident turning on their oven. There was no emergency.
Audio|Source: Durham City Fire
02:4
Transcript:
00:00
Fire alarm, Henderson Towers, near South Duke Street.
00:10
Fire alarm.
00:11
Henderson Towers, near South Duke Street, cross of Moorhead Avenue and Proctor Street.
00:19
Rescue, 1. Engine 5.
00:21
Engine 1. Ladder, 2.
00:24
Battalion 1.
00:27
Option 2. It's apartment 521.
00:38
One's on scene, got nine from the front,
00:43
11 from the back.
00:45
It's multi-family farming building, nothing showing, no evacuation, no audible or visual alarms, outside will be South Duke Street.
00:52
Engine 1 will be out, that's okay.
00:57
Okay, when I cover your sides of all you and soldier's traffic, one more than that's yet.
01:09
Rescue's all thing.
01:17
Everybody in clear to call.
01:24
Everybody in clear to call the exception.
01:33
I'll tell you when I copy all units with the exception of engine one to turn to service engine one what you got?
01:40
The guy was just turned his oven on had a little bit of smoking there it's clear got that thank you communications copy all clear all the engine one.
02:00
Hi, so you can go ahead and try to reset it.
Disclaimer:
This transcript was automatically generated and may contain inaccuracies. Please verify the information independently.
Location mentioned:
Near S Duke St, Durham, NC 27701
This shows a Google Street View of the area near the location, which might not be the exact address.
Correct
Incorrect