Fire alarm triggers evacuation at university building, Lowell MA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a fire alarm was activated at Colburn Hall at UMass on Broadway Street in Lowell, causing the evacuation of the building. Fire crews confirmed the situation while university personnel were already working on the fire alarm system.
Audio|Heard on: Lowell Fire Department
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01:57
Transcript:
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Item 866-115, announcing Box 331 850 Broadway Street, Colburn Hall.
00:06
Engine 273, Ladder, arrested capture.
00:10
Announcing Firebox, 331, 850, Broadway Street, Colburn Hall.
00:14
Under 273, Ladder, Rochester, Catto.
00:18
Crossbeats a Wilder.
00:27
Engine two has it.
00:30
It's going to be UMass Colburn Hall, Broadway Street.
00:37
Box 331.
00:40
Ladders respond.
00:47
The electrician put the box back online at 816.
00:56
Okay.
00:59
You're 300.
01:03
Cartier is responding.
01:11
Engine two is on team, fourth story, ordinary,
01:15
buildings being evacuated.
01:18
Four story, ordinary,
01:20
buildings being evacuating.
01:27
A lot of people.
01:37
We got UMass on scene here doing work on the fire alarm.
01:44
UMass on scene doing work on the fire alarm.
01:49
Correct through the fire alarm.
01:51
Engine 2 can handle, return the other.
01:54
Engine 2 is handling Broadway Street.
01:56
Everyone else is returning.
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Location mentioned:
Coburn Hall, 850 Broadway St, Lowell, MA 01854
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