Fire alarm caused by leaking toilet at college residence, Ithaca NY
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According to the dispatch call, a fire alarm was triggered at a college residence due to a malfunctioning toilet causing water leakage from the third floor to the basement. There was no active fire hazard, and the area was evacuated as a precaution.
Audio|Heard on: Tompkins County Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
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If the engines 1 and 2, then the truck.
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420 College Ave, Sheldon Court, fire alarm activation, and K-2 alarms, second floor in basement.
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It's for the engines 1 and 2 with the truck.
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420 College out of Sheldon Court.
00:19
Between Oak Ave and Dryden Road,
00:21
fire alarm indicating second floor and basement.
00:26
514. C-17,
00:33
7373 residential structure.
00:36
Folks have evacuated Cornell's on his game.
00:39
Nothing short from the exterior 5 alpha and dust.
00:48
Happy Tuesdays, you're in with a seven-store residential.
00:52
Cornell is unseen as well, often the strategy investigating.
01:03
We're on the third floor.
01:04
We have water running all the way down through to the basement from a toilet that's malfunctioning up here.
01:09
We can't get it shut off.
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We're going to have to wait for a plumber, but there's no active fire hazard this time.
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Location mentioned:
College Ave, Ithaca, NY 14850
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