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Fire alarm at large commercial building, no fire found

Heard on: Licking OH Fire-Tac Group Calls
02:30
00:00
Fire control chief 200 .
audio iconFire & Arson
Hickman Rd NE, Newark, OH 43055
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Fire crews responded to a fire alarm labeled as a fire dialer activation at a large multi-story commercial building. The alarm was reported in the employee break room of building 21, room 344. Security and fire units entered through an adjacent building to check the area. The building had been evacuated, nothing visible indicated a fire, and crews were unable to walk fully around the structure due to its size. After checking accessible sides and making entry with security, they found no active fire and the situation was declared contained.

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