Fire alarm triggered by incense on Thompson Street, Chelmsford MA
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Fire & ArsonA fire alarm went off at a wood-frame building on Thompson Street in Massachusetts. Firefighters responded and found no actual fire. The alarm was caused by smoke from burning incense. The system was reset and services returned to normal.
Audio|Heard on: Chelmsford Police and Fire
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03:20
Transcript:
00:00
File on Fire 3.
00:01
Flight 3 is going off.
00:03
To showy wood frame, nothing showing.
00:06
Off to investigate does not appear the alarms are sounding at this time.
00:11
Fire 3 you're on arrival to shore wood frame does not appear that the alarms are sounding off to investigate.
00:45
Votter, just stay on Thompson Street.
00:50
We're going to see.
00:51
Voter 1 is going on.
00:54
Keep Viter 1, you're on arrival.
00:58
Enter 4 is going on.
01:23
Fire-long chancer street command.
01:28
District command.
01:30
Channel indicating Zone 2, first floor, investigating further.
01:39
Panel indicating zone 2, first floor, investigating further.
01:44
Uh,
01:46
portable 11 to clear.
01:49
Go ahead, 11.
01:53
Upstairs, the front door, they got some incense that were burning and that seems to be the source of the alarm.
02:00
Okay, so we go for a reset.
02:07
Affirmatives.
02:15
Fire alarm command.
02:16
On command.
02:22
Accidental smoke detector trip.
02:26
No fire. And I'll hold a ladder.
02:28
Return an engine four and engine five.
02:34
Receive, accidental trip, no fire,
02:38
hold the ladder, return engine four, engine five, fire alarm to engine four, engine five, you can return.
02:45
Four gentlemen, return.
02:50
Yeah, it's five, yeah, just.
03:00
Fire line engine, fire three.
03:05
Fireline answering.
03:10
Systems reset, all companies clear returning, command terminated.
03:16
This is reset.
03:18
Command terminated. Command terminated, all companies clear return.
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Thompson St, Massachusetts
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