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Fire alarm and small dumpster fire at Washington St

Heard on: Montgomery County Public Safety
02:45
00:00
Blacksburg Fire 13, call respond for a fire alarm at (number withheld) Washington Street.
audio iconFire & Arson
Cochrane Hall, 770 Washington St SW, Blacksburg, VA 24061
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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a fire alarm at a campus building on Washington Street near Beamer Way and West Campus Drive. They discovered a small dumpster fire producing white smoke near the parking garage ramp. The alarm appeared to have also been triggered by smoke in an upper-floor room. Units were on scene addressing the issue.

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