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Dryer fire at pawtucket laundromat extinguished quicklyPawtucket RI

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Cottage St., Pawtucket, RI 02861

According to the dispatch call, a fire alarm was triggered at a laundromat near Cottage Street in Pawtucket due to smoke inside. Firefighters found a dryer fire that had been extinguished before their arrival. The building was evacuated and no further fire was found.

Audio|Heard on: Pawtucket Fire Channels 1 and 2
Listen to dispatch call
02:15
Transcript:
00:00
Attention engines 423, Ladder 2, Ladder 1.
00:06
Rescue 2 and Battalion 2.
00:07
Stillbox, near Cottage Street, the laundromat, report of a fire ensemble with smoke in the building.
00:19
That's the engine 423, ladder 2, lot of 1, Rescue 2 and Battalion 2.
00:25
It's starting to near Cottage Street.
00:29
It's going to be the laundromat in the South Plaza.
00:32
Police are on scene, alarm sound that was smoking the building.
00:38
Industrial Highway is the cross street.
00:41
All companies channel 2,
00:44
1920.
00:55
Thank you. Live to, 1920.
00:59
1920. Indian 4, be advised, this came from police.
01:05
They are on scene doing something else and they were the one that called us.
01:08
That wasn't funny.
01:20
921.
01:26
4th on the scene
01:29
Roger 24 Edgid 2,
01:32
near Cottage Street
01:35
Board of 5 We'll be investigating building is evacuated
01:41
Senator 4 reporting a smoke condition in the building investigating building is being evacuated
02:02
It wasn't a fire in the dryer.
02:06
It was sprayed with extinguisher.
02:08
It's currently out.
02:13
Affirmative fire prevention needed engine.

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Location mentioned:
Cottage St., Pawtucket, RI 02861

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Incident Timeline

  1. Units Cleared and Situation Resolved
  2. Fire Prevention Requested
  3. Fire Contained
  4. Building Evacuated and Investigation
  5. Incident Location Confirmed
  6. Initial Dispatch

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