Battery fire reported at Home Depot in Westerly, Westerly RI

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00:10

Westerly dispatch, attention the Westerly Fire Department.

00:13

Respond to Home Depot, number (number withheld) Franklin Street.

00:17

Caller reports a lithium battery that was on fire in the building.

00:22

I believe the battery may have been pulled outside to the garden center now.

00:27

So Westerly Fire Department to (number withheld) Franklin Street, the Home Depot.

00:31

Report of a lithium battery that was on fire in the building.

00:36

They believe the battery has been brought out.

00:39

To the garden center now.

00:41

045 acre time out.

00:49

31 responding, Home Depot.

00:55

Roger 31. I instructed the caller to pull the fire alarm to make sure everybody's evacuated.

Battery fire reported at Home Depot in Westerly