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False alarm from show effects at event space

Heard on: Cook IL Fire Dispatch Group Calls
01:49
00:00
Box alarm (number withheld) East Cermak.
audio iconFire & Arson
E Cermak Rd, Chicago, IL 60616
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Fire crews responded to a box alarm at an event space on East Cermak. A carbon monoxide detector had gone off earlier in a building laundry room, but firefighters found no carbon monoxide on their meter. At the event space, arriving units reported no visible fire. The incident was traced to fake smoke being used for a show, and companies were released while one truck stayed to help reset the system.

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