Fire alarm triggers building evacuation near N Hamilton St, High Point NC

Fire & Arson

Reported: 09/02/2025 10:17 AM (PDT)

Near N Hamilton St, High Point, NC 27260

A fire alarm was triggered in a building near N Hamilton St, likely caused by construction dust activating the elevator's fire mode. Fire units responded and began evacuating the building as a precaution while investigating the situation. No fire has been confirmed yet.

Audio|Source: Guilford Metro Fire

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Transcript:

00:00

We're in the park main lobby at this time.

00:03

We do have some construction work going on in here.

00:05

This whole area is built with the elevator in fire mode and it's open.

00:10

Here's that we do have dust that travels up the elevator shaft, which is probably where all of our issues are coming in at.

00:15

We're going to investigate further now.

00:17

Taday1's on scene.

00:18

Take one with check and advise.

00:19

Copy.

00:20

Two, the truck two operator.

00:21

Battagion 2, Engine 5,

00:22

Interstate, Huff, (number withheld) Maple Avenue, (number withheld) Maple Avenue, crosses interstate, Hanford Road, 7thibro 1, Paul, utilized in fact 3.

00:32

We all unit, one thing.

00:33

Stand 4. I'm going to have you go ahead and start up to the fifth floor.

00:41

I've got somebody nipping it to direct you.

00:43

Final signal, 50.

00:44

In the fire communications.

00:51

Go ahead. Go ahead and start me a full response[1] for a potential building fire.

00:55

Attention. Battalion 3.

00:57

Battalion 1.

00:58

Engine 3. Engine 8.

00:59

Engine 6. Truck 7.

01:01

West 2.1.

01:02

Response to near N Hamilton St.

01:04

Building fire.

01:05

Cross Street of East Martin Luther King Jr.

01:07

Drive at East English Road.

01:08

Taxi 3. Attention.

01:09

Battalion 3.

01:10

Battalion 1. Engine 3. Engine 3.

01:11

Engine 8. Engine 6.

01:12

Truck 7. West 2.

01:14

Air 1. Reson to 1.

01:16

Hamilton Street.

01:17

Building Fire. Cross Street of East Martin Luther King Jr.

01:19

Drive in East English Road.

01:20

Taxi 3.

01:21

Taxi 3. Did you copy that last traffic?

01:22

Negative repeat.

01:23

We have HVU sports teams down here doing pictures.

01:27

She wants them to evacuate.

01:28

We're going to go and evacuate the building at this time.

01:30

I also told the personnel that was with me they were working on getting everybody else evacuated.

Police codes explained

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[1]

full response: Building Fire Response

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