False residential fire alarm from fireplace smoke, Suffolk VA
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Fire & ArsonA residential fire alarm was reported near White Marsh Road in Suffolk. The homeowner confirmed the smoke was from setting the fireplace, causing no fire emergency.
Audio|Heard on: Suffolk City Fire and Rescue
Listen to dispatch call
01:7
Transcript:
00:00
Residential fire alarm, near White Marsh Road.
00:05
(number withheld).
00:11
Ladder 3.
00:12
Residential fire alarm,
00:14
near White Marsh Road, crosses Speed Gum Drive and Badgeridge.
00:23
Out of the respondent possible.
00:26
Acknowledgment.
00:28
(number withheld).
00:31
(number withheld), ladder 3.
00:35
Acknowledgment, engine 3, ladder 3, indications from the zone 10 down to the air smoke.
00:49
The alarm company says they spoke with the homeowner.
00:53
He says he was just setting the fireplace.
01:00
Okay, copy that.
01:01
You can clear ladder three,
01:04
so engine three respond to another version.
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Location mentioned:
White Marsh Rd, Suffolk, VA 23434
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