Fire crews investigate alarm near East Knox St, Durham NC
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a possible alarm activation at an apartment complex near East Knox Street in Durham. Investigation found the cause to be burnt food in a shared kitchen. No injuries or property damage were reported.
Audio|Heard on: Durham City Fire
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03:12
Transcript:
00:00
Engine One, fire left where the complex ended up.
00:13
Ladder 11, the traffic broke up.
00:14
I didn't catch your side of them.
00:19
We're at the complex investigating.
00:21
Trying to determine which building it's going to be.
00:23
We'll advise further in a minute.
00:26
Copy.
00:36
PD on house one.
00:45
Communications for ladder 11.
00:49
Ladder 11.
00:51
Did this come in as an automatic alarm or did somebody call it in?
01:00
Engine 9 is already on scene.
01:02
They reported there's really no any damage that they could see.
01:08
You can still lower.
01:13
We don't know yet.
01:14
We're still in or out to it.
01:16
Patient wants to go to the hospital or not? So EMS, continue on.
01:18
PD, you're needed.
01:19
The accident didn't occur here.
01:21
Sounds like it was a hit and run under the Avondale 85 bridge.
01:30
I thought it was in the apartments off East Knox Street.
01:39
Whole complex, we've got no audible alarms, strokes.
01:43
Nobody coming out to meet us.
01:45
We're going to finish our lap.
01:47
I'll give you an update.
01:51
Yeah, well, we're pulling in.
02:03
(name withheld), they're saying that if we're going to the HEF center.
02:11
Or he told us the same that he had gone to (name withheld), but he wasn't notified of anything.
02:19
Well, he was on the phone when we got here.
02:23
Building where it's generally alarmed and see if they've reset it.
02:30
I think that you guys are clear.
02:40
Engine one from ladder eleven.
02:42
Security states that it was alarming on the 5th floor.
02:45
We're going to investigate.
02:49
Copy.
02:50
One (number withheld).
03:02
(name withheld) one from ladder one.
03:08
I just had some burnt food in the common kitchen.
03:11
You guys clear to call?
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
E Knox St, Durham, NC 27701
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