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Smoke alarm triggers fire response at church, Wausau WI

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/12/2025 06:31 PM

S 28th Ave, Wausau, WI 54401

A fire alarm was triggered at St. Matthew's Catholic Church near South 28th Avenue in Wausau. Firefighters responded but found no visible fire. The alarm was caused by burnt food in an oven and was reset by a key holder. There were no further hazards.

Audio|Heard on: Marathon County Fire Departments

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02:23

Transcript:

00:00

Fire alarm.

00:02

Med 2.

00:03

St. Matthew's Catholic Church.

00:05

Near South 28th Avenue.

00:09

Cross streets are Glendale Avenue and Springdale Avenue.

00:19

Number.

00:26

Ladder 2 en route.

00:29

Tom.

00:36

Dispatch from the news DEMS.

00:38

The battalion one row.

00:51

Ladder 2 on scenes, Ham, at the church.

00:54

Nothing visible from the outside.

00:57

We do have people at church.

01:01

We'll be out investigating.

01:18

1851-1851

01:23

Ladder, too go ahead.

01:26

Per Mar just called.

01:27

They did speak to Father Sebastian there, however, he said they had it all handled.

01:32

However, he could not provide proper passcode for cancellation, just for your information.

01:39

Copy, you will confirm.

01:42

Thank you.

01:48

Hi, just five, 783FR5 is one in two.

01:52

Can't far.

01:53

Dispatch from 88 letter 2.

01:58

Go ahead.

02:03

This was some burnt food in the oven, a smoke detector.

02:09

No problem.

02:11

There is a key holder on site that did reset the alarm.

02:18

It has done reset, no current alarms.

02:22

We'll be back in service.

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S 28th Ave, Wausau, WI 54401

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