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False fire alarm at commercial building near Connecticut street, Gary IN

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/18/2025 06:28 AM

Connecticut St, Gary, IN 46409

According to the dispatch call, responders investigated a large commercial building alarm near Connecticut Street. The alarm was caused by welding or grinding activity and was determined to be a false fire alarm.

Audio|Heard on: Lake County Public Safety

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01:46

Transcript:

00:00

4616 is going to be on scene large commercial structure.

00:02

Nothing shall be out and nothing else again.

00:06

1530 go to an alarm near Connecticut Street.

00:10

Copy 461619, large commercial structure, nothing's showing from the outside.

00:14

If you brought in here, absolutely.

00:16

104.

00:17

South County 61 is out.

00:20

Copy 829.

00:21

36.16, I'm also not getting any Xero on the phone.

00:25

1517-1530. There's your guard.

00:26

It's going to be a false alarm.

00:32

Thanks, Claire.

00:33

Let me update the note.

00:34

Close on the alarm.

00:35

All right, close.

00:36

You'll move. 30-close.

00:37

1330 copies.

00:40

1530 copies.

00:43

Keeper close.

00:44

10-4.

00:46

4701's on scene.

00:55

South to truck four,

00:58

go to the south side, south to engine five, come to the west side.

01:04

1626 Central.

01:06

1656.

01:07

47 17-17 southbound south side of the south side of the building right now.

01:14

626 can't leave back on the federal axis?

01:17

Turn 4.

01:19

Copy, I'll give you truck 4 over there as well.

01:23

4515 is on soon.

01:26

Tom, 47.

01:28

Okay.

01:29

Copy.

01:30

Engine Southern apostle telling you and again an employee here saying that it was a welder grinding on some metal, probably a false alarm.

01:37

I seem to run an Indiana template.

01:41

Does you get anything?

01:42

Okay.

01:43

Copy. Just go check it out.

01:45

Let me know what you got.

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Location mentioned:

Connecticut St, Gary, IN 46409

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