Kitchen smoke triggers alarm and evacuation

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02:32

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Dispatch to all units, be advised, I have another fire alarm coming from Duques.

00:16

There

00:25

is also another active evac at Duques.

00:31

Hello.

00:45

There's a lot of smoke in the kitchen.

00:49

We're trying to

00:50

ventilate the area.

00:55

Copy.

00:57

A lot of smoke in the kitchen.

00:58

What's going on in the kitchen?

01:00

I copy. I copy.

01:06

317 to

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dispatch. I copy.

01:11

301 last transmission.

01:13

Activation is coming from the kitchen area on 606.

01:16

Just a reading was coming off the panel.

01:21

Dispatch copy.

01:26

01:34

copy. I'll call him.

01:51

Do you want me to do this?

01:54

No, no, no.

01:58

We realized the occupant was taking a shower and then he found the smoke alarm.

02:02

He concluded he had a defective shower at the time.

02:10

Copy.

02:17

Dispatch to 301, can you confirm if they were still cooking on the stove when this activation came from something else?

02:27

Yeah, we're still cooking on the

02:31

stove.

2026-10-07 00:51 UTC

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G St NW, Washington, DC 20052

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