Fire alarm prompts business evacuation at main street, Sarasota FL
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Fire & ArsonA fire alarm at a commercial building on Main Street led to multiple businesses evacuating. No smoke or flames were seen. Fire units are investigating a possible false alarm.
Audio|Heard on: Sarasota County Fire
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01:40
Transcript:
00:00
Near Main Street, crosses South Lemon Avenue at Grid 79.
00:14
Correction that is going to be for a fire alarm.
00:21
109 is available.
00:24
Have I went to night.
00:31
And DeWine, it's going to be a general alarm unknown reason for the alarm.
00:35
Multiple businesses have evacuated.
00:37
There's no flames or smoke scene.
00:38
Alarm's been going off for the past 20 minutes.
00:50
That's engine 16 is arriving on scene.
00:53
We do have a line line across the road.
00:55
This appears to be a communications line to cancel FPL and send out Comcast, please.
01:01
We'll be investigating.
01:05
Same with the communications line and 16.
01:27
One.
01:28
And one.
01:31
Andrew one's arriving on scene two-story commercial structure, ordinary construction, nothing showing from sides alpha and delta.
01:37
We're going to be investigating.
01:38
Two-story commercial structure next time investigating.
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Location mentioned:
Main St, Sarasota, FL 34236
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