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Fire alarm at Main Street confirmed falseNorth Reading MA

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audio iconFire & Arson
Main St, North Reading, MA 01864

The fire department responded to a fire alarm activation near Main Street, which was later confirmed to be a false alarm caused by an alarm company working on the system. No fire was found.

Audio|Heard on: North Reading Police Dispatch
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00:36
Transcript:
00:00
Sir, fire as in Tondo, near Main Street, the fire alarm activation.
00:06
This is probably just the same unit as before,
00:09
unit number seven.
00:13
Thanks.
00:20
63 from 5-4
00:25
6-3 You can cancel that FD[1] reports is an alarm company working on and seeing that they've been in contact with they've been up a couple times today they said they're all set with us
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[1]
FD: Fire Department

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Location mentioned:
Main St, North Reading, MA 01864

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