Smoke detected in basement at building near Congress Street, Portland ME
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Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was triggered by smoke detected in the basement at a building near Congress Street in Portland. The cause was later identified as cleaning staff activities.
Audio|Heard on: Portland Fire
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00:57
Transcript:
00:00
Attention station striking city box 621 at building near Congress Street.
00:05
Looks like it might actually be building near Congress Street.
00:08
For the launching smokes and poles in the basement storage, on the back side are 6 engine 6, engine 5, Ops 2.
00:17
Again, stations striking city box 621 at building near Congress.
00:26
For the alarm showing smoke in the basement on the box, that are six, engine, engine five, opts, two.
00:38
Engine six, file, and Bramong company set the box.
00:42
Time for.
00:48
So the company is responding to building near Congress Street, it looks like we got another call back.
00:53
It was the cleaners that set off the fire alarm.
00:56
Looks like they're going to meet you outside.
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Location mentioned:
Congress St, Portland, ME 04101
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