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False fire alarm triggered during church servicePittsburgh PA

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Barclay Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15221

Fire crews responded to a commercial fire alarm near Barclay Avenue during a church service. They found that a child accidentally pulled the alarm and dismissed the call after resetting the system.

Audio|Heard on: Allegheny County Fire - East
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00:49
Transcript:
00:00
For commercial fire alarms, currently during church, near Barclay Avenue and forced sales, company 153 to 70s, 70s, 534.
00:21
Connie from 163 system.
00:24
One,
00:26
two, two, three, system.
00:31
We just got a call from the people up there.
00:36
You could hold this to 153, we're going to go up and reset the alarm.
00:39
They said one of the kids pulled the alarm.
00:44
Copy 207, you can take a disregard.
00:48
Thank you very much.

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Barclay Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15221

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