Shower steam triggers fire alarm in Middleville home

Heard on: Herkimer County Law, Fire and EMS Dispatch

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Middleville fire alarm.

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Middleville fire alarm, (number withheld) South Main Street, apartment number (number withheld).

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Repeat, it's a Middleville fire alarm, (number withheld) South Main Street, apartment number (number withheld), (number withheld).

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Middleville 2nd tones.

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Middleville, 2nd tones, fire alarm (number withheld) South Main, apartment number (number withheld).

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In the Middleville, 2nd tones, (number withheld) South Main Street, apartment number (number withheld) for fire alarm 131.

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County, Middleville Car 1, on scene.

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Chief car one, the resident is elderly.

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Apparently, it was caused by steam from the shower and she is unable to reset it.

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That's the issue there.

01:22

Crazy. I'll advise when I get there.

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One thirty-two.

8/27/2026 10:28 PM

Fire

S Main St Apt 4, Middleville, NY 13406

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As discussed during the dispatch call, crews were dispatched to a fire alarm at an apartment building on South Main Street in Middleville. A chief on scene indicated the alarm appears to have been triggered by steam from a shower, and the elderly resident could not reset it.