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Fire alarm at university residence hall

Heard on: Stafford County and Fredericksburg Fire and EMS
01:51
00:00
Engine 1701 for a fire alarm at UMW Building 19, Mercer Hall.
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Fredericksburg, VA 22401
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Fire crews and campus police responded to a fire alarm at a university residence hall identified as UMW Building 19, Mercer Hall. They found an active alarm in a three-story building with a basement. After checking the alarm panel, they determined the alarm was likely caused by steam coming from an exhaust pipe rather than a fire.

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