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Fire alarm triggered in chemistry room by experiment materialsActon MA

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West Acton, Acton, MA 01720

A fire alarm was activated in the chemistry room on the first floor west of a building in West Acton. Fire responders found no visible fire or hazards. Matches and candles used in an experiment likely triggered the alarm detector.

Audio|Source: Acton Fire Dispatch
02:27
Transcript:
00:00
Car 30's out, nothing showing C4[1]S, ma'am.
00:02
Car 30's out, nothing showing C4[1] is command, (number withheld).
00:06
Command the fire alarm.
00:08
Fire law mansion command.
00:10
You'll be investigating chemistry room first floor west.
00:14
Investigating chemistry room, first floor west.
00:15
Investigating chemistry room, first floor west, (number withheld).
00:18
Pange 24 is out.
00:20
24 out, (number withheld).
00:23
Engine 23 is off the hydrant.
00:25
23 out of the hydrogen, (number withheld).
00:27
Engine 22 is off.
00:29
22 off, (number withheld).
00:32
Command to L4.
00:33
Command to L4.
00:34
Command to L4.
00:35
L4 Answering.
00:36
Yeah, you're going to be looking for RU168W.
00:39
Recease, 168W.
00:40
Help for to command.
00:43
Command answer.
00:44
Activated detector in that room 168 west.
00:47
No causes.
00:48
Command hazard.
00:49
Command has it. No port to command.
00:51
Command. Command answer.
00:53
Yeah, it actually looks like, too, that they were doing some experiments, had some matches and some gandles going.
00:59
Could have tripped that close with this.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
C4: Situation under control / nothing showing

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West Acton, Acton, MA 01720
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