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Fire alarm at residential apartment shows no fireReading MA

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Woburn St, Reading, MA 01867

Fire alarm was reported at a three-story residential apartment complex near Woburn Street in Reading. Responding crews found smoke alarm activation on the first floor but did not find any visible fire or smoke upon investigation.

Audio|Heard on: Reading Police & Fire Dispatch
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03:5
Transcript:
00:00
Police and fire units receiving box 2215 for 172 Woburn Street.
00:07
9-7-0.
00:13
What is that residential?
00:16
Looks like an apartment complex.
00:20
Probably.
00:25
Right into 19.
00:28
Good.
00:31
...Cropney recording the second floor stairwell fire on.
00:38
Brigitte...
00:43
...second floor stairwell.
00:47
There is the update.
00:51
Right by C3 is all that, so the block.
00:55
3, you're up.
01:03
Number four.
01:04
Redifiers are audited, four.
01:07
John's on company zero for the box.
01:11
If you have a ratify, receive a box 2215 for 172.
01:15
Woburn Street, all companies are spawning.
01:20
Running fire from engine three.
01:24
Engine three is on scene.
01:28
Three-story residential apartment complex.
01:32
High victim profile.
01:34
Engine three will be passing commands.
01:36
We have our own water source.
01:37
We'll be investigating offensively.
01:40
We're ready by you.
01:52
I'll be going on with you.
01:59
All right.
02:00
C3.
02:03
C3 and the downtown companies are arriving.
02:05
I'll be assuming command post.
02:07
They'll be at my vehicle on the Alpha Delta corner.
02:13
Certify as the downtown company is on a scene.
02:16
C-free, you're up to me.
02:23
That's why, is it nothing shown.
02:35
Vehicles. Command.
02:40
Beatles reading first floor smoke activation.
02:43
We walked both first floor, second floor.
02:45
Haven't able to find the activated head yet.
02:48
No smell of smoke in the area, though.
02:53
Okay, and the message, you comfortable silence it for now.
02:59
You can't try to do that right now.
03:02
Thank you. Thank you.

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Location mentioned:
Woburn St, Reading, MA 01867

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