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False alarm reported at downtown high-rise

Heard on: Chicago Fire - Digital
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Engine 98 is on the scene.
audio iconFire & Arson
E Chestnut St, Chicago, IL 60611
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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to an automatic fire alarm at a high-rise building near East Chestnut in downtown Chicago. The building was identified as mixed-use commercial and residential. The alarm was determined to be false, possibly due to a malfunction in a standpipe flow switch on an upper floor.

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