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False fire alarm caused by hair dryer, Florence SC

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audio iconFire & Arson
Bridgewood Dr, Florence, SC 29501

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a fire alarm near Bridgewood Drive in Florence. Upon arrival, they found no active fire. The alarm had been accidentally triggered by someone blow drying their hair. The incident was confirmed to be a false alarm and all responding units cleared the scene.

Audio|Heard on: West Florence Fire Rescue
Listen to dispatch call
01:48
Transcript:
00:00
Two three one respond to near Bridgewood Drive, Florence.
00:05
Fifteen 43 Bridgewood Drive, Florence.
00:08
Unit S three in reference to fire alarm.
00:17
Okay, four two eleven.
00:20
Y'all continued of 0135.
00:22
I'll go take care of the fire alarm.
00:25
Cop out. Thank you.
00:31
Central 340.
00:34
240.
00:36
En route to Bridgewood, non-emergent.
00:44
Do you want 241 to respond to Bridgewood?
00:48
No, they were just blow drying their hair.
00:52
Yeah.
00:53
So I don't know.
00:55
Copy 211. Special 240.
01:05
Two hundred and 40 is the right on scene.
01:08
Two-story multifamily dwelling, nothing showing.
01:12
Copy.
01:18
It's still up.
01:20
Still eleven.
01:25
Everything is ten four.
01:26
We're trying to get more actual activations.
01:30
He did a 360 of the building.
01:31
They're fine and you can shift your load and put it available.
01:35
Ten four.
01:40
Two four zero.
01:43
Two 408. Alarm's been taken care of.
01:47
All units clear from road.

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Bridgewood Dr, Florence, SC 29501

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