False fire alarm at apartment complex near South Halsted, Chicago IL
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a fire alarm was activated at a three-story apartment complex near South Halsted. Smoke was reported on the first floor, but firefighters found no smoke or fire. The alarm was triggered maliciously by someone pulling the fire alarm station without cause.
Audio|Heard on: Cook IL Fire Dispatch Group Calls
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01:27
Transcript:
00:00
Agent 50 in the truck on the scene near South Halsted.
00:03
We are southbound.
00:04
We got a three-story.
00:06
Fire resistant, apartment complex, nothing showing.
00:09
50's taking command, switching the fire ground.
00:12
Engine 50 in command.
00:15
Anyone engine 50, engine 50?
00:18
Agent 50.
00:19
Engine 50. We just got a call reporting smoke on floor number one.
00:24
(name withheld), smoke on floor one.
00:35
50 Vingle and we got no smoke or fire.
00:39
It's a malicious pull on a pull station.
00:42
150 or message received?
00:46
45, 471 King.
00:49
It's a three-story,
00:52
ordinary cultural center.
00:54
We had a bunch of out of my block.
00:56
145, master's safe.
01:00
150 Englewood, did they get a building engineer or a runner coming here with keys?
01:04
45-Agoid, you got a runner?
01:07
45,
01:09
looks like emergency 24 with contacting your key holders.
01:14
45, Inglewood.
01:15
45.
01:17
All right, we made contact with the building engineer here.
01:21
There's no problem here as the Lounge Resect.
01:23
Unnormal reason for activation.
01:24
We're all going to return.
01:26
Passes with you, enter 45.
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Location mentioned:
S Halsted St, Chicago, IL 60621
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