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Grand Rapids, MI

False fire alarm at Central Park Place apartments 

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Near Central Park Way NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505
Responders attended a fire alarm activation at an apartment complex. The alarm was false, and no fire was found. They investigated a gas odor but found all appliances off. The issue was caused by sparking from a fiber service wire in contact with underground wiring, but there was no fire or smoke.
Audio|Source: Kent County Fire and EMS
03:33

Transcript:
Cascade Engine 2 in service Cascade Engine 2 in service 045. Cascade Medic 1 in service 045.45. Engine 9. Med1. District 9. At 2815, Central Parkway Northeast. Unit 102. Central Park Place Apartments. Respond on Channel 1. SIDGers see Dengeon 11. Special guests is a point dot seat. We have the strobes visible. engine one on scene with strobes visible and the advised we just got a call from the alarm company keyholder wants to cancel saying false alarm 1250. Seat minute one's clear. Pressing gas get into one. Tested engine one, go out. First staff, they have an order of gas in the kitchen. Everything's off. We're going to try to check it out. Copy, there's an order of gas in the kitchen checking it out. Engine 1 would you like us back in route? Tell you so glad. Do you have a number for AT&T fiber? I'll check. Just back, it looks like they're doing a new, a fiber service drop to this staffing business. And it looks like this blue under... wire is touching the underground service fees to the building. That's what is arcing and sparking and occasionally throwing dirt up. Okay, I'll see if I can locate a number. I'm telling you fire from dispatch. Go ahead, dispatch. Long story. short regarding the building with call centers for that message to office manager regarding the situation regarding the situation they have a lot of lying help and we don't think that there's any smoke in the building we just want to make sure we check the basement we just would really like consumers policy Simple

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Near Central Park Way NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505

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