False fire alarm caused by accidental water flow, Chapel Hill NC


A fire alarm was triggered at a building near Erwin Rd and Weaver Dairy Rd due to accidental water flow from the master drain, with no actual fire present.
Audio|Source: Orange County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
Oppsuit. We're going to drop off our gear and everything else.
00:02
I reckon we meet you at the front of the building when you get here.
00:05
I don't think it's actually going to be the dry system.
00:07
Put further investigation, it looked like the master drain for one of the systems, back where they have some storage, got hit, and it was allowing it to flow a little bit of water, which just caused the flow alarm.
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Location mentioned:
Erwin Rd & Weaver Dairy Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
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