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False fire alarm at Westover Baptist ChurchRichmond VA

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Near Westover Hills Blvd, Richmond, VA 23225

Fire crews responded to a fire alarm at Westover Baptist Church on Westover Hills Boulevard. No fire was found upon arrival. The alarm was caused by remodeling work on the second floor that accidentally triggered the system.

Audio|Source: Richmond City Fire Dispatch
01:29
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 20, engine 17, truck tan, and battalion 3.
00:05
Fire alarm.
00:06
Near Westover Hills Boulevard at Westover Baptist Church.
00:10
Engine 20, engine 17, truck tan, and battalion 3.
00:15
Fire alarm.
00:16
Near Westover Hills Boulevard at Westover Baptist Church.
00:21
Cross streets are West 48th Street and 49th.
00:24
On tap Channel 2.
00:27
Timeout, 1327.
00:33
Engine 20 from Truck 10.
00:37
20, go ahead.
00:42
Okay,
00:43
we were there prior.
00:46
They were doing some remodeling up on the second floor.
00:51
Shearocked us standing set off the alarm.
00:59
Got me that, but we'll be arriving shortly.
01:08
Engine 20 is on scene at Westover Hills, got a two-story church facility.
01:13
Nothing's showing. Engine 20 will have command and be investigating.
01:19
Engine 20, I've got here on scene, Westover Hills.
01:22
Two-story church building.
01:25
Nothing's showing.
01:27
It has command 1329 out.

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Near Westover Hills Blvd, Richmond, VA 23225

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