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False alarm caused by smoke machine at academy, Hartford CT

audio iconFire & Arson
Near Williams St, Hartford, CT 06120

A fire alarm was triggered at the H-BID Academy near Williams St. Fire units responded and found the cause was a smoke or fog machine, not a real fire. They needed to ventilate the area and then reset the alarm. The rest of the units were dismissed afterwards.

Audio|Source: Hartford Police, Fire and EMS
00:57
Transcript:
00:00
5-engine 7, ladder 3, ladder 4, pack 1 in District 2, near Williams St. That's over the H-BID Academy. It's a private central station fire alarm.
00:09
Your time is going to be into 1-minute.
00:16
District 2.
00:21
He is on scene.
00:23
Another smoke fog machine.
00:25
Set it off.
00:31
Sorry, they're going to need somebody there for ventilation.
00:34
Two five, I'm out here.
00:39
I think it was more for it because the alarms are going off.
00:45
Set engine two on here for reset.
00:49
21.
00:51
Holding engine smooth.
00:53
The rest are dismissed.
00:54
1552.
00:55
Fire clearing in quotas.
00:57
Okay.

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Near Williams St, Hartford, CT 06120

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