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Fire reported in locked apartment at Gainesville complexGainesville FL

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Lux 13 Apartments, Gainesville, FL 32609

According to the dispatch call, a fire was reported in a locked room of an apartment at Lux 13 Apartments in Gainesville. The fire alarm was activated, but responders were unsure if anyone was inside the locked room.

Audio|Heard on: Gainesville Police and Alachua Fire
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01:58
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 1, Engine 3, Engine 5, Tower 1, responding.
00:03
Type 04, Hotel 4, 1065, the signal on 25.
00:06
Tango 4, 51.
00:08
Okay,
00:09
4. May, respond, District 1 responding.
00:12
Hotel 4.
00:15
Hotel 4.
00:17
35 for 34. 35 to 34.
00:19
35 to 34.
00:26
So forth, (number withheld), 1015, northwest 21st Avenue, Lux 13, apartments, Phase 1, apartment 465.
00:36
We advise something's burning in a room and the door's locked, so the fire alarm is also going on.
00:41
Squad 1 responding, District 2, confirm response on 4.
00:45
It's going to be Room B, Bravo.
00:47
Fire is also en route.
00:49
That's a lot, 36.
00:50
District 2, confirm response, number 4.
00:53
733, 26, comment.
00:55
785.
00:57
That works too, thank you.
01:03
She responding.
01:04
Engine 5, engine 1, engine 1, engine 3,
01:07
tire 1, 2nd, 2nd, Squad 1, Rescue 35, District 2, 2.
01:11
She responding to a building fire, 1015, Northwest 21st Avenue,
01:15
Lux 13 apartments, phase 1, you know 465.
01:20
Call revised, the fire alarm, an apartment in 465, room,
01:24
Bravo,
01:25
is going off.
01:26
Believe something is burning in the room, the door is locked.
01:30
It's still on 36 hours.
01:32
Okay, 1, that's a safe.
01:35
733, Code 4[1].
01:36
733. 2.33. Signal 29 at Grace.
01:40
Got 4. Hotel 4.
01:42
They don't know if anybody's locked in the room.
01:44
There's been no response.
01:45
Watch. Engine 5.
01:47
Engine 5.
01:49
Do you have a building number?
01:52
46? I just have Phase 1, apartment in 465.
01:56
I'll see if I can get a building number.
Police codes explained
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[1]
Code 4: No further assistance needed / scene secure

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Lux 13 Apartments, Gainesville, FL 32609

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