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Fire crews investigate alarm at former school building

Heard on: Newton Police and Fire
01:13
00:00
Receiving box 25311 , the old Horace Mann School, (number withheld) Nevada Street for engine four, engine one, ladder three, rescue one and C two.
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Waltham St, West Newton, MA 02465
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As discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to an apparent activation of a heat sensor on the second floor of a former school facility on Nevada Street in West Newton. Multiple units were called to investigate a reported alarm, and crews confirmed workers were on scene checking the source of the activation.

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