False fire alarm at mit power plant in cambridge, Cambridge MA
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Fire & ArsonA fire alarm activated at the MIT Power Plant in Cambridge. Firefighters responded but found no fire. The alarm was set off by a contractor and was reset by facilities staff.
Audio|Heard on: MIT Police and EMS
Listen to dispatch call
01:46
Transcript:
00:00
Can you respond over to building 42C, the MIT Power Plant, with Cambridge Fire for fire alarm activation?
00:11
All right, on the way.
00:17
Westwood, to control.
00:20
Keep trying answering.
00:22
Yeah,
00:23
I'll head over to that call.
00:25
Roger.
00:30
237, I'll hide on one of them.
00:32
Roger.
00:37
That's Card to control.
00:39
Control answering.
00:42
You can show me off.
00:44
Roger.
00:50
37's off.
00:51
Roger.
00:52
Let's go ahead of control.
00:54
Control answering.
01:00
The same case which fire knows where that is, but they can hit it off of Albany Street.
01:05
Roger. Three-four is off all the new street.
01:10
Roger.
01:14
What's trying to control?
01:17
Patrol answering.
01:23
Cambridge Fire is already here.
01:26
They're taken off.
01:28
Sounds like a contractor set off the alarm.
01:31
No fire.
01:33
Okay.
01:36
Roger.
01:41
Control facilities is working on resetting that alarm.
01:45
Roger. Roger.
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Location mentioned:
Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
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