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Fire alarm reported at commercial building

Heard on: South Central IL Public Safety
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Fire department, all call 500 and seventy-five, twenty-six, five fifty-one, five fifty-two.
audio iconFire & Arson
Althoff Dr, Effingham, IL 62401
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As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews responded to a possible fire alarm activation at a business on Althoff Drive in Effingham. Smoke was reportedly seen near the first-floor elevator of the main building, but the exact cause was still being assessed.

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