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Home fire alarm activated by mistake

Heard on: Suffolk City Fire and Rescue
00:53
00:00
Residential fire alarm, (number withheld) South Link Circle.
audio iconFire & Arson
S Links Cir, Suffolk, VA 23435
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Fire crews were dispatched to a home near South Link Circle for a residential fire alarm. The same address had been visited about an hour earlier for a smoke detector issue. Contact was made with the resident, who had accidentally activated the alarm while trying to reset the alarm panel. The incident was confirmed to be a false alarm and there was no emergency.

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