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False fire alarm caused by fireplace at Cold Spring RoadCalifon NJ

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audio iconFire & Arson
Cold Springs Rd, Califon, NJ 07830

According to the dispatch call, a fire alarm was activated at near Cold Spring Road in Tuxbury/East Fairate Township. It was a false alarm caused by the fireplace.

Audio|Heard on: Hunterdon County Fire & EMS Dispatch
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01:45
Transcript:
00:00
Firebox 2408, Tewksbury Township, Cold Spring Road.
00:26
Firebox 24-8, 24-5 response Fairate Township, 30 Cold Spring Road for a general fire alarm activation.
00:34
Reading, Firebox, 24-08, 24 fire, 34 fire, respond to Exfairate Township, 30 Cold Spring Road, off Homestead to Alder Creek.
00:42
Fireland activation, Zone 11, Family Risk Smoke Detector, 1921, KWAQ 553, KWAO430.
00:58
All units responding firebox 2408 30 Cold Spring Road.
01:03
Second call from the alarm company.
01:06
They spoke to the homeowner, got proper passcode.
01:09
They advise it's going to be a false alarm.
01:11
The fireplace set it off.
01:12
There's no problem there.
01:13
1923.
01:32
Mollionitz, Starlock 24, 082 straight township of Cold Spring Road per captain 24, responding.
01:38
Molliates can hold in quarters responding for a report per alarm company, false alarm.
01:44
1924.

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Cold Springs Rd, Califon, NJ 07830

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