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Fire crews respond to alarm on Startown Road

Heard on: Catawba NC Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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Hickory Fire Engine Five, Ladder Two Battalion to commercial fire alarm (number withheld) , Startown Road (number withheld) .
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Startown Rd, Hickory, NC 28602
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As discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters in Hickory responded to a reported commercial fire alarm at a business on Startown Road. The alarm was initially upgraded to a structure fire involving an apartment unit but was later determined to be a false alarm caused by a broken water pipe.

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