False commercial fire alarm at McDonald's on Washington St, Stoughton MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/6/2025 01:04 PM

Near Washington St, Stoughton, MA 02072

Fire crews responded to a commercial fire alarm activation at McDonald's near Washington Street in Stoughton, MA. The building was evacuated safely. No fire was found; the alarm was accidentally triggered by cleaning staff. The alarm system was reset but showed a technical trouble, and the alarm company was notified.

Audio|Source: Stoughton Area Fire Agencies

05:11

Transcript:

00:00

Certified discussing NG2-Lad2C5, the McDonald's near Washington Street.

00:05

Commercial fire alarm activation coming in at Zone 1[1] smoke detector at 1604.

01:47

Step by engine choose on scene, building evacuated,

01:51

nothing shown, will be investigated.

01:54

Entry on location, building evacuated, nothing shown you'll be investigating 1606.

02:31

You're not going to.

02:40

I'm on location, 16-0.

03:12

Introduce you, Pat.

03:15

Good. Good.

03:16

Let me check on the storage room.

03:22

It looks like if someone don't work on it all yet.

03:26

Okay, I'm at the panel.

03:51

Thank you.

04:07

Thank you, Jay.

04:08

All right.

04:12

Okay, welcome back here.

04:13

He's cleaning here.

04:14

Thank you. Thank you a lot more.

04:16

It should take a research.

04:18

Thank you.

04:27

C5 Rada City, yes.

04:32

Matter repeat, reciting.

04:35

From 5-9, you've been canceled by command 16-09.

04:40

See five so far.

04:44

Safety-five.

04:46

The alarm from our workers are cleaning here.

04:51

As we said, although it does have a trouble with the system, the telephone line,

04:55

and they're going to notify the alarm company.

04:59

Ritchie, Lerickman activated the alarm system by cleaning.

05:06

This has been reset.

05:07

There is a trouble left side.

05:08

in the panel they're going to find their alarm company at the same time.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

Zone 1: Fire alarm system zone indicating area of activation

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Near Washington St, Stoughton, MA 02072

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