False fire alarm at abandoned hotel building, Hoffman Estates IL
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Emergency responders investigated a fire alarm at an abandoned hotel building near Airport Road. The building appeared unoccupied and no fire was found. The alarm was a false alarm.
Audio|Heard on: Elgin Fire
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00:50
Transcript:
00:00
Quinn 2 engine 6 both are not to the hands-end 405 report road.
00:04
This is going to be general fire alarm,
00:08
called the monitoring company.
00:10
I believe this building's unoccupied at the moment.
00:14
Hey, mails 4-engine 4, you're going to the Eckers Center, 1845 Grand Stamplace.
00:18
Your patients have female in her 40s with chest pain.
00:23
How's it fire, Quint 2?
00:34
What?
00:37
Unseen three-story hotel looks to be abandoned.
00:40
At this point, we got nothing showing from all four.
00:43
We'll be out investigating.
00:49
Nothing trying from 360.
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Location mentioned:
Greenspoint Pkwy, Hoffman Estates, IL 60169
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