Burnt paper smell triggers school fire alarm in Suffolk, Suffolk VA


Firefighters responded to a strong smell of burnt paper and activated fire alarm at a school near Kenyon Rd in Hobbs. Investigation indicated burning paper likely occurred in a female bathroom, but nobody was injured and the attic area was clear.
Audio|Source: Suffolk City Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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Building at the back, you get the hundred and call next.
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Thank you, man.
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Good.
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To gain access up above the vaccines in the attic space.
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Nothing you sensed out there. It's off here.
00:25
The heavy smell is definitely coming from the bathroom to the left.
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We've been looking,
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Mike Ness, somebody's in there burning tape and probably plus it, but you send me another crew with something next.
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Probably they have letter five on. Go ahead and send them.
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On the command,
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can you get somebody to bring these keys so we get these, uh,
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8208,
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8 as in Harry, 208,
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classroom?
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Copy, 8208.
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Go ahead. You see?
01:22
Go ahead. Give me another.
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Okay.
01:28
Time to your command.
01:31
Go ahead.
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Give me enough, Avaik.
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We need to have the isolated capacity with strong snow or burning paper, either as mistly light smoking there. Although I have nothing able to sound it, the attic involved was clear.
01:49
Lighter 5 can go up and protect the case of the drinks right now.
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Take your 5 if you go to a long panel, you can sign on a 7-1.
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Measure 5, copy of a long-tanner.
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I thank you the command. I copy of traffic. I'm going to go ahead and send command.
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You can see the copy.
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Thank you so. I'll be a sudden enforced by the command.
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Thank you, God me.
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Call the command.
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Go ahead.
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S.M3 is aware. He's around.
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Copy.
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Intern.
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Hey, Chief.
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All right, where are you at and what are your findings?
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Second floor.
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Having a female bathroom,
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heavy smell of burnt paper.
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Just in these two rooms you got above the space of the bathrooms in the attic area, everything's all clear there.
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I'm guessing somebody was burning in here and crushed it when the alarms went off, but we're still looking.
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The classroom adjacent to take a look in there.
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Okay.
03:22
Right now you have injured five in the schools you need their assistance and lighter five is coming to you.
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Yeah, see, ladder five's up here with me now.
03:39
The only alarm on the panel is actually was from the pool station here in the office.
03:44
All right, Captain, go ahead and hit the where engine 10 is, system.
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Location mentioned:
Hobbs, 271 Kenyon Rd, Suffolk, VA 23434
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