False fire alarm at assisted living facility, Westborough MA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a fire alarm was activated at The Willows assisted living facility on Lyman Street. Fire responders arrived and found no smoke or fire. Residents were gathered in the lobby due to cold conditions.
Audio|Heard on: Westborough Police & Fire
Listen to dispatch call
01:17
Transcript:
00:00
SIE alarm, fire personnel.
00:03
Respond 1 Lyman Street, The Willows, but a central station alarm.
00:07
TAMO,
00:08
2017.
00:19
Cutter your responding,
00:21
2018.
00:27
File on engine four is responding.
00:33
File, I'm engine two, responding, 2018.
00:38
Truck one's on.
00:41
Truck one, you're in route, 2018.
00:49
File alarm, Car 3.
00:52
Car 3. She sees a call from a resident, the Willows, (name withheld).
00:57
She states that there's no smoke, no fire, that they're gathering in the lobby because of the cold.
01:04
Okay, on arrival, four-story, multi-family, assisted living facility, nothing showing from two sides.
01:12
Alarms are active.
01:13
I'll be command.
01:15
Catherine on arrival with nothing showing.
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Location mentioned:
Lyman St, Westborough, MA 01581
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