Fire alarm sounding for an hour near 8th Avenue, Altoona PA
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, a residential fire alarm has been sounding for about an hour near 8th Avenue with no smoke or flames visible. A male caller reported the alarm to the police desk. Fire units responded and found no signs of fire upon arrival. The exact residence involved is unclear.
Audio|Heard on: Blair County EMS, Fire, Police, Hazmat and Helos
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02:14
Transcript:
00:00
Near 8th Avenue, Box 310-1 for a residential fire alarm.
00:04
Engine 311, Truck 351, Engine 314, 1916.
00:12
Railing response.
00:19
314 responding.
00:25
All units at 1917 near 8th Avenue,
00:33
(name withheld) called APD's desk and stated his fire alarm has been going off for about an hour.
00:41
Doesn't see smoke or flames.
00:48
Four hundred and forty-one, but on board route to El Camino.
00:51
Copy the channel.
00:54
I saw something.
00:59
Copy that.
01:10
Three.
01:16
Put on scene, nothing showing.
01:20
Copy.
01:26
Three.
01:27
Thanks.
01:30
All right.
01:36
Two fifty-one out of tank.
01:45
Three, oh yeah, on scene.
01:56
Residents are full of or a pot for fire.
02:04
It was the other applicant who had called that APD desk.
02:11
Not sure which exact residence they are from.
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Location mentioned:
8th Ave, Altoona, PA 16602
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