False fire alarm at marketplace mall, Scranton PA
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Fire & ArsonA fire alarm at the Marketplace of Steamtown Mall indicated smoke on the second floor, but mall security later confirmed it was a false alarm.
Audio|Heard on: Susquehanna, Wayne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming Counties Fire / EMS
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Transcript:
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Zone 400, second floor smoke.
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Blackwood County, engine four is in two, rescue one truck two, part 21.
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Near Lackawanna Ave, the Marketplace at Steamtown, virtual fire alarm.
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Zone 400, second floor smoke, cross streets of Penn and Wyoming, plans 1136.
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Next.
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Caller 21, stand-by.
00:29
Advising, mall security just called in reporting a false alarm.
00:36
Okay, ComCenter, that was from Mall Security reporting it.
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That's affirmative.
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Okay, ComCenter, return all companies,
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including EMS, 21 and we back up.
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Copy that.
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Location mentioned:
Lackawanna Ave, Scranton, PA 18503
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