Fire alarm triggered by construction odor at Somerville store, Somerville MA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a fire alarm at a store near Windsor St in Somerville. They found no signs of fire but detected a strong odor. Upon speaking with employees and management, it was confirmed the smell was from construction work relining pipes behind the building using chemical materials. The person who reported the alarm refused to provide contact information and left the scene.
Audio|Source: Cambridge Fire
04:29
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 6 to fly alarm.
00:03
Fire alarm answering engine 6.
00:06
On location, command, going to channel 14.
00:11
Receives on location Assuming Command, 1035.
00:19
Watch for a calling command.
00:22
Commence to Latter 1.
00:25
Command to Latter 1.
00:27
Command, sir.
00:30
Latter 1.
00:32
You can return.
00:37
Great news.
00:41
So far we have no odor, no ratings inside or outside the main part of the store. We're still trying to back down the reporting party. All right.
00:53
Preceteen. Command and Fireland.
00:55
Parliament.
00:56
The command.
00:59
I don't want to fire along.
01:02
Fire alarm answering letter one. Can you have a call back to the reporting party and see if they can make themselves known?
01:10
Available.
01:12
Received available, 1037.
01:16
Reporting party refused to give their name and phone number.
01:19
They wanted nothing to do with leaving information.
01:22
They also left the area.
01:25
Please.
01:32
In the squad floor.
01:35
Squad four.
01:40
You can check with any of the employees there, see if they have any information.
01:52
Steve, if they're getting broke up, we repeat that.
01:56
You check with the employees there to see if they have any information on this?
02:02
Stand by for a minute.
02:06
Mass Ave, command of fire alarm.
02:09
Answering. Command Terminator companies are Coyer 745.
02:14
One under the command.
02:18
Command answering.
02:24
We're in fact with the store management.
02:27
They're actually reporting more of an odor of like polyurethane of paint.
02:34
Okay.
02:35
I'm in tags and they're reporting that there some work going on in rear at the building.
02:45
Yeah, that seems to be confirmed with her story that there's workers outside.
02:53
Gracie.
03:01
And that's a vision 100.
03:04
100.
03:11
Yeah,
03:12
I'm going to check with that crew in the back just to make sure there's a slide over out here, not upcastlow, just whatever there has steam playing back here.
03:23
They're only my way up there.
03:25
Companies are leaving Michael now.
03:29
Okay.
03:38
Command of Division 100.
03:43
100.
03:51
They're relining some of the pipes behind the building.
03:57
It's a foxy siren mix that's causing the order.
04:02
All right.
04:15
Engine 5, Ladder 1, responding to 559 Windsor Street between Broadway and Market Street for the fire alarm operating channel 14,
04:24
1043. The fire line answering letter 1.
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Location mentioned:
Near Windsor St, Somerville, MA 02143
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