Burnt popcorn triggers alarm at youth facility

Heard on: Salt Lake County UT Interop

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Show you on a fire alarm at Youth Services, 177 West Price Avenue, 3610 South.

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177 West Price Avenue, 3610 South.

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Drop time 1329 from a zone one general fire.

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No contact with a key holder.

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Dispatch time 1335.

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Fire engine 43 arrived.

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We have a single story youth detention facility.

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Looks like we do have you.

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Evacuation in progress.

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No smoke or flames showing.

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We'll be out to investigate.

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This will be price command.

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Copy, price command on a single story youth facility evacuation.

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Fire to terminate. Legacy medical ladder 121 is available.

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Medical ladder 121, 1335.

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Copy 1336.

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Price command, looks like we just got a call back from the alarm company advising it was burnt popcorn in the microwave.

2026-11-08 20:34 UTC

Fire

W Price Ave, Salt Lake City, UT 84115

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a reported fire alarm at a youth detention facility near West Price Avenue in Salt Lake City. The single-story building was evacuated while Engine 43 investigated. No smoke or flames were seen, and the alarm company later indicated burnt popcorn in a microwave was the likely cause.