False fire alarm at Cambridge building basement, Cambridge MA
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Fire & ArsonA fire alarm sounded in the basement of a Cambridge building at Thorndike Street. Fire crews investigated and found one alarm activated without any visible cause. The owner was advised to replace the device, and a reset was requested.
Audio|Heard on: Cambridge Fire
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02:33
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 3-rata 2, responding 104 Thorndike Street,
00:04
Queen Sharapa and 5th for the fire alarm, 14,
00:07
16.
00:12
Squad for Fireland. Squad for fireland.
00:15
Squadable.
00:16
Conumication.
00:20
Squadful. Squadful, you're off 14-17itation.
00:27
Engine 3 to Fire Alarm.
00:31
All right, I'm engine 3.
00:37
Companies are on location.
00:39
Engine 3 will be Thorndike Command, Channel 16.
00:43
On location 1419.
00:46
Latitude, command.
00:53
Lightitude, you're on Channel One.
00:56
Ratitude, command.
01:00
Yeah,
01:02
sir.
01:06
Yeah, this is locked.
01:08
We don't have access to the basement at this time.
01:11
We can,
01:12
we have a visual inside.
01:13
We don't see anything going on.
01:17
All right, I'll see if it's heading who was on floor two can get us in there.
01:25
Mattel.
01:26
Rather, due to command, we can't accept.
01:29
Apparently only the land load who lives off floor one has it.
01:33
But they say that this keep coming in.
01:38
We were able to gain access.
01:41
We're investigating looking for the head.
01:45
Ten four.
01:48
Okay, we found a head in activation.
01:51
No apparent reason.
01:57
All right, you gotta leave it up if you want to take it down.
02:00
Is there another head down now in the basement? Is that the only one?
02:09
Looks like that might be the only one.
02:17
All right, we can leave it up and call for a reset and I'm going to talk to the owner and see if you can get the head replaced.
02:28
All right, we have that.
02:29
They've already removed one.
02:31
The one in activation is the only remaining.
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Location mentioned:
Thorndike St, Cambridge, MA 02141
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