False fire alarm triggers evacuation at Mill Road building, Chelmsford MA
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to a general fire alarm at a building near Mill Rd. The alarm activation came from a first-floor smoke detector. The building was evacuated, but no fire or smoke was found. The alarm was likely triggered accidentally during an adjustment. Separate unrelated police activity involved a disturbance near Hunt Road.
Audio|Source: Lowell Police Department
05:54
Transcript:
00:00
Michelle will be on a near Mill Rd for the box.
00:06
Fire three, bottom one, your own.
00:08
Fire three, bottom one, engine four, engine five, you're all responding near Mill Rd Thermal Fisher
00:15
for a general fire alarm activation, called in by the alarm company.
00:25
On to near Hunt Road, talking to a male potty on 911, someone's banging on his door, possibly might be Sean Redd and he did mention on a motorcycle.
00:36
It's near Hunt Road.
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He has no idea who it is.
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Very soon.
00:52
Who else is responding there?
00:55
Near Hunt.
00:58
4.
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Okay.
01:04
Be careful.
01:05
He's been posting photos, I guess, online of possibly having a firearm.
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We've had a couple instances involving a NEMLIC call out with him having an illegal firearm, so just be cautious of that.
01:21
I don't have any credible information that he has anything on him right now, but...
01:28
Got it.
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...to the unit, I can still...
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he's banging on the door, you can hear it in the background, from ringing the doorbell.
01:43
One of the...
01:49
By-along from Latter-1, what was the address again?
01:57
Mill Road.
02:04
All right, I'll be going off near Mill Rd, two-story type 2-story type 2, nothing shown from the exterior.
02:09
Bill was evacuated, I'll be off.
02:12
All come in.
02:14
Arrave, two-story type two evacuated, nothing shown.
02:24
Also to the units,
02:26
near Hunt should be around Lower Lane.
02:33
Responding to near Hunt.
02:46
Pilot is coming over there.
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...off.
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...for a red.
02:58
The cars responding used on the motorcycle heading to it's Littleton Road.
03:06
Yeah, he just dropped me.
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I'm going to stop around one second, you know.
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Command.
03:24
Just a strip from the inside.
03:26
The panels indicating first floor smoke detector activation to be investigating further.
03:37
Floor smoke.
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Investigating problem.
03:45
Another one's on arrival at the delivery entrance.
03:50
No one arrived.
03:56
Portable 41 to command.
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Go ahead 41.
04:03
Yeah, we have an active in smoke.
04:07
Very clear here.
04:09
Definitely set off by adjusting.
04:15
Okay, I have the message.
04:21
We only had them to come out of that house as well.
04:26
Okay.
04:32
9-1.
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Go ahead.
04:41
You're not with Sean, are you?
04:44
So he did stop,
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probably the same interaction that you had, and then he took off again.
04:50
And it's not going to be personal.
04:53
All right.
04:54
Headed towards Westford?
04:58
Yeah,
05:01
he went back out to Littleton Road, obviously having some sort of mental episode.
05:08
Copy, thank you.
05:13
Two or not are just passing the side of the center.
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From command.
05:30
Command.
05:34
Confirm, smoke, you're taken from where it's been.
05:36
Hold it, you pull myself, you turn the other companies.
05:40
Confirm smoke detector from work, man.
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I will be returned.
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Location mentioned:
Near Mill Rd, Chelmsford, MA 01824
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