Fire alarm caused by cooking smoke in apartment, Essex MA


Firefighters responded to a fire alarm in a multi-story building in Essex, MA. On the third floor near room 50, they found a light haze and the smell of food, caused by cooking smoke. There was no actual fire, and the crew used a fan to clear the smoke.
Audio|Source: Peabody Police and Fire
04:23
Transcript:
00:00
Receive call two on scene, nothing showing the off command.
00:03
Four is off.
00:04
Receive, under Plovakian.
00:05
Time 2 from E4.
00:07
Which building is it?
00:08
Uh, long, a chal-shaped building.
00:10
Receive. Receive. Measure 1, level 1, hydrant.
00:15
Receive, Edge 1, level 1, hydrant.
00:16
Receive, Edge 1.
00:17
Ladis out.
00:18
Receive following.
00:20
File on follow report.
00:21
Go ahead, car two.
00:23
Yeah, no key for the alarm panel, for the alarm room.
00:27
This floor is going to be walking around and investigate.
00:29
Received, no key for the alarm panel, engine four to investigate.
00:33
Edge of five level one.
00:40
Receive, Edgeapod.
00:41
Receive, Edgeap. D5 from command, you on Washington Street.
00:43
Yes, they just five are on Washington.
00:45
Yeah, can you walk down to the alarm panel?
00:47
Bring some hand tools.
00:48
Receive.
00:49
G4401. Alright.
00:51
Yeah, I got a light haze up here.
00:53
Smells like food.
00:54
And I got an activation.
00:56
Three feet's heading up.
00:57
E4 from command, do you need any help up there?
01:00
Yeah, command, I may need a fan up there, we're trying to figure it out right now.
01:03
All right, can I silence this?
01:06
That's affirmative, you can silence it.
01:08
We have the atomic smoke used due to cooking.
01:12
We can handle, we may just need one fan.
01:14
Command from E4, why don't we bring a fan up there?
01:18
One, one, bring a fan, what's the floor?
01:20
Third floor, room 50.
01:22
How did you get that third floor?
01:32
That's affirmative.
01:33
If you want, you can return. One out of the where we're trying.
01:34
Command from E4.
01:36
Come in.
01:37
Looks like you already got a reset, is that correct?
01:40
Gotcha, permanent.
01:41
All right, we side up here two more minutes.
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Essex, MA
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