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False fire alarm caused by burnt food at Danforth Street, Portland ME

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/12/2025 03:31 PM

Danforth St, Portland, ME 04101

A fire alarm was triggered at near Danforth Street in Portland, Maine. Fire units responded quickly but found the cause was burnt food, not an actual fire. The alarm system was reset after the false alarm was confirmed.

Audio|Heard on: Portland Fire

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01:47

Transcript:

00:00

Hi-Lam, Strigan City Box for near Danforth Street.

00:03

Join 1-1 General Alarm on the Box, Flaugher 6, Pension 5, Engine 5,

00:07

Engine 6, Rescue 1, Channel 2.

00:10

Hi-Lam, Strigan City, Box 5-6, 561 for near Danforth Street.

00:14

Zone 1, General Fire Alarm on the Box, Ladder 6, Pender 5, Engine 5, Engine 6, Rescue 1, Channel 2.

00:26

TC5com, you go on to near Danforth Street, 5-stories.

00:30

Res, no gentleman, we can have that feature.

00:34

Time 4, 5-story, rise in that channel.

00:37

Andrew 5-5th command of FDA.

00:38

Commend to file.

00:41

The file. The file, my ex, man.

00:46

Cipodes have to be burnt-foods of Latter-Six investigate.

00:53

Taffordor-R report of parent-food test for a lot of six investigation.

01:03

Tanger 54 will through Engine 5.

01:05

Concerns the Supreme 5A.

01:10

Tand4. We're going to handle with Engine 5.

01:14

Affirmative.

01:20

Danforth Street, Command, Pry, Command, I'm going to hold, Andrew 5, confirmed burnt food.

01:23

You can have the balance.

01:25

Our unit is responding to Pekitiate Danforth Street Community Service.

01:29

The exception of Engine 5 causes burnt food.

01:38

And your pipe pipe for you know when I can reset.

01:41

You can try to reset now.

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Danforth St, Portland, ME 04101

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