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Fire alarm triggered at three-story building on Swan Island, Portland ME

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/18/2025 09:18 PM

Congress St, Portland, ME 04102

According to the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a smoke detector activation in the storeroom on the first floor of a three-story building at 1274 Congress Street, Swan Island. The alarm company confirmed the activation was a false alarm but units continued to the scene.

Audio|Heard on: Portland Fire

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01:38

Transcript:

00:00

Tenton station striking supervised box 365

00:04

1274 Congress Street at Swan Island for zone 6 first floor storeroom smoke detector activation. On the box, ladder 3, engine 6, engine 5,

00:13

be inops 2

00:14

Tenton station striking supervised box 365 1274 Congress Street at Swan Island for a zone 6 first floor storeroom

00:22

Smoke detector activation on the box ladder 3, engine 6, engine 5, beyond ops 2

00:33

File, I'm the ladder three.

00:37

Ladder three, yes, sir.

00:42

Just advising you, we did get a call from the alarm company who spoke with the keyholders saying that it was a false alarm.

00:48

They would like to cancel.

00:56

Central.

00:57

We're going to continue.

01:00

Central.

01:06

This is a 5-1.

01:11

File, I'm answering.

01:13

I didn't catch all that.

01:15

Are we all continuing?

01:19

Affirmative.

01:20

Ladder 3 to final, we're on scene three-story building.

01:30

Ladder 3 off command.

01:36

Don't far. We on scene three story building.

01:37

You have come in.

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Congress St, Portland, ME 04102

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