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Apparent cooking smoke triggers alarm near Maxfield St

Heard on: New Bedford Fire
02:44
00:00
Fire alarm, you looking for unit one?
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Maxfield St, New Bedford, MA 02740
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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a possible structure fire near Maxfield Street in New Bedford after reports of smoke and alarms in a house. Several ladder and engine units were dispatched. The smoke was later determined to come from cooking, and no active fire was found.

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