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Fire alarm activation caused by dryer and gas odorLyndhurst NJ

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audio iconFire & Arson
Ridge Rd, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071

Fire department responded to a fire alarm at a location near Ridge Road. Officers detected smoke and a natural gas odor in the laundry room. They isolated a malfunctioning dryer and silenced the alarm by turning off the breaker. Gas was contained to the laundry area, and further checks were underway.

Audio|Heard on: East Rutherford Fire and Police
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05:20
Transcript:
00:00
Station 39 Ridge Road for an activated fire alarm coming from the smoke detectors in the laundry room.
00:06
Officers on scene can smell smoke and natural gas.
00:10
439 Ridge Road for an activated fire alarm.
00:13
Officers on scene can smell smoke and natural gas.
00:17
This is your sick. The second page.
00:25
...water and service, Ridge Road.
00:33
...quarters of the officers been able to make entry into the building.
00:44
I can't hear you one more time there Parker.
00:48
Have the officers been able to make entry into the building?
00:53
If they're in the laundry room, they'll open the side door for you.
00:56
They can smell smoke and natural gas.
01:01
All right, time four.
01:02
About a minute away.
01:11
You can just start PSE&G precautionary too.
01:15
Okay.
01:26
164.
01:28
Back in, some is issued.
01:31
Vehicles in the fire lanes are not impeding any traffic.
01:35
Receive.
01:44
Two hundred be on T and be out for investigation.
01:47
Good morning, sir, I'll be out.
01:56
I'll be out.
01:59
Receive. A vehicle involved there is a Nissan out from a 20-clonent credible bike.
02:08
Rishi.
02:13
To see.
02:21
Headquarters, do we have a building contact for this address?
02:37
I also issued one on Park Ave for Crosswalk across from Park Tavern Please,
02:52
Steve, 153-3-335, 335, 335.
02:58
Receive and that was 100, Schindler.
03:05
Correct.
03:11
All right. All right, side by for right now.
03:19
Stay tuned by, two received.
03:28
Your public service catch is responding.
03:32
I received.
03:33
This time I have no...
03:38
That's time I have no reading on my meter.
03:41
I've isolated the one dryer, that seems to be the issue.
03:55
Headquarters, do we have a building contact for his address?
04:07
Repeat your last message.
04:14
Do we have a building contact for here?
04:21
The other night, who did you speak to? There was an odd scene super, correct?
04:28
We're trying to buy them right now.
04:33
In a minute, let me see if we have anything in house.
04:41
Of course, the 3,200.
04:45
Go ahead.
04:48
I've received four additional calls from the alarm company about the alarm going off.
04:53
Can you guys silence it?
04:57
We tried right now.
04:59
We had to isolate the alarm on the breaker to get it to take a silence.
05:07
We're going to have them do a fire watcher.
05:09
They're going to have to have their alarm company come back out because there's still nothing wrong with their system.
05:13
We're going to be isolating the gas to the laundry room because we're getting additional readings.

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Location mentioned:
Ridge Rd, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071

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Incident Timeline

  1. Issue Identified and Property Manager Contacted
  2. Alarm Silenced and Gas Isolated
  3. Entry Made and Initial Assessment
  4. Fire Alarm Activated at 439 Ridge Road

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