Fire alarm triggers at two-story apartments with no fire, Clifton NJ


A fire alarm went off in a two-story apartment building but firefighters found no visible fire. An activated sensor was found in the basement but no cause for the alarm was identified.
Audio|Source: Clifton Fire and EMS
02:47
Transcript:
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Fire alarm[1], if you can mark engine 5 on scene. Two-story garden apartments, we do have an alarm sounding, nothing shown from the exterior. Engine 5 will be St. Andrew's Command. Report to follow.
00:15
Cross is a Rich Bill Terrace and Sycamore Road, a medical elevated or abnormal vital. EMS3, 889 Allwood Road. Cross is a Richfield Terrace and Sycamore Road, a medical elevated or abnormal vital. Time is now 1058.
00:32
Fire alarm[1] from command.
00:34
The telephone. You can release engine 6.
00:36
We found an activated head in the basement, no cause.
00:38
You have, um, anyone respond here?
Police codes explained
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[1]
Fire alarm: Fire alarm activation
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Location mentioned:
St Andrews Blvd, Clifton, NJ 07012
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