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Smoke alarm activation at Monarch House due to hair dryer, New Bedford MA

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S 6th St, New Bedford, MA 02740

A smoke alarm at Monarch House near South 6th Street activated due to smoke detected in a second floor bedroom. The cause was found to be a hair dryer.

Audio|Heard on: New Bedford Fire
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01:59
Transcript:
00:00
Fireland dispatching ladder 1, engine 1 inch and 6 unit 2, the Monarch House near South 6th Street, for fire on coppriced station, indicating 022 second floor bedroom smoke.
00:11
Again fire on dispatching ladder 1, engine 1 inch and 6 unit 2, the Monarch House near South 6th Street.
00:18
For a fire by Central Station, beginning second floor, southeast bedroom smoke.
00:23
Across is Walnut Street.
00:25
All right, I'm engine 6 responding.
00:31
Andrew 6 responding.
00:32
Yeah, back.
00:36
Yeah, 2nd, respondent.
00:39
Your unit 2 responding.
00:41
General 1 responding.
00:44
Measure 1 responding.
00:45
Measure 1 responding.
00:54
Fire out another one's in here.
00:58
Right on the phone.
00:59
A new design a sea check and it's up in short, a lot of sound like.
01:11
Unit 2 on C checking, up and show on the web sounding.
01:19
I'll have it, you're on seat.
01:23
Andrew 1 on 2.
01:30
Pryan offer me the 2.
01:35
Go ahead, you know.
01:38
The report of an activation from a hair dryer.
01:40
We're checking the green turn to 6th.
01:45
Receive this report's activation from the air dryer.
01:53
Oh,
01:55
I'm engine six returning.
01:58
Entertick strike.

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Location mentioned:
S 6th St, New Bedford, MA 02740

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Incident Timeline

  1. Alarm Reset and Incident Cleared
  2. Investigation Reveals False Alarm
  3. Units Respond and Arrive On Scene
  4. Fire Alarm Reported at Monarch House

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