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Fire alarm triggered by smoke at Amherst Tim Hortons, Erie County NY

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Amherst, NY

A fire alarm went off at a Tim Hortons in Amherst because the restroom smoke detector was activated. The alarm was caused by light smoke from the rooftop heating unit turning on for the first time this year. Fire responders arrived and inspected the situation.

Audio|Source: Amherst Fire Control
01:50
Transcript:
Clearance R-93 on location. Notice that a fire alarm activation[1] 1-2950 Main Road at Tim Horton, between South Newsbed Road and your borderline for a restroom smoke detector activation[2]. News set a fire alarm activation 12950 Main Road. It's Tim Hortons, between South Newstead Road and your borderline, for a restroom smoke detector activation 0636 hours, MRS fire. I'm a sister 9-4 responding. News 7-9-4 respawning to Morton. New 175, you're on Channel 2. Amherstead 9, responding. News 7-9 responding. Newstead 9 CD1-55. Go ahead. Rooftop heat unit kicked on for the first time this year. Light smoke in the building, just we'll need a reset. Copy.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
fire alarm activation: Notification of a fire alarm being triggered
[2]
smoke detector activation: Smoke detected by restroom smoke detector

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