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Fire crews respond to alarm at Clinton Elementary School

Heard on: Essex NJ Fire Dispatch Group Calls
03:15
00:00
Fifty-one engine, thirty-four engine, eighty-three ladder, eighty-one and squad thirty-two going out (number withheld) Berkshire Road commercial alarm.
audio iconFire & Arson
Berkshire Rd, Maplewood, NJ 07040
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As discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters were dispatched to Clinton Elementary School on Berkshire Road in Maplewood for a commercial fire alarm. Crews evacuated the building and found that the alarm had been triggered by smoke from burnt popcorn. The fire system later reported a charger malfunction, and responders attempted a system reset before clearing the scene.

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