Laptop fire triggers alarm at Jersey College

Heard on: Bergen NJ Law Dispatch Group Calls

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

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They just dispatched to Jersey College, (number withheld) Route 46 West for a manual pull station fire.

00:07

100.

00:10

Received 130, we got that.

00:13

Yeah, I'm across the street.

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The building's evacuating.

00:17

I'll try to cross the highway in a minute.

00:21

129, I have over.

00:25

Nobody seems to be exiting this building with any sense of urgency, but stand by.

00:30

I'll be there in a minute.

00:32

Efi 46 with 46 west, 1st floor, main, full station.

00:37

Heights fire was dispatched.

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All right, I know.

00:42

Ten eight.

00:43

All right, I'm speaking with whoever they have out here directing traffic.

00:47

He doesn't know much.

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Apparently a laptop caught on fire on the 2nd floor, causing somebody on the 1st floor to pull that alarm.

00:57

And he was unable to let me know if that laptop is still on fire.

01:03

All right, I'll notify the Heights staff.

01:07

Heights is updated.

9/2/2026 07:07 AM

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US-46, Teterboro, NJ 07608

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a manual fire alarm at a college on Route 46 West after a laptop reportedly caught fire on an upper floor, causing the building to evacuate.

Laptop fire triggers alarm at Jersey College

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