Hotel fire alarm triggered by room shower steam

Heard on: Southbury Fire Dispatch

01:23

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

00:00

Response to the commercial fire alarm activation, Heritage Hotel, 522 Heritage Road, general alarm activation, zone 37.

00:09

Repeating Southbury, all units respond to the fire alarm activation, commercial, Heritage Hotel,

00:15

522 Heritage Road, for general alarm.

00:22

Southbury on the air.

00:28

Car 4 to Southbury.

00:34

Car 4 on scene, building partially evacuated.

00:36

Car 4 being the command investigating.

00:41

Fire.

00:47

Reporting.

00:49

Detector set off in room (number withheld) by an occupant.

00:52

I'll be investigating.

00:58

Shower in (number withheld) .

01:00

I'll be holding car four.

01:01

All other units can go back in service.

01:03

Attempting a reset.

01:13

Great, something in service.

01:19

Car 4 to car eight, please meet me in the main lobby for the reset.

2026-11-08 03:00 UTC

Fire

Heritage Rd, Southbury, CT 06488

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 commercial fire alarm at a hotel on Heritage Road in Southbury. The building was partially evacuated, and the apparent cause was a detector activation in a room triggered by an occupant shower. One unit remained on scene to investigate and reset the system while other units returned to service.