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False fire alarm at Kinston TowersKinston NC

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audio iconFire & Arson
N Queen St, Kinston, NC 28501

As discussed during the dispatch call, firefighters responded to a commercial fire alarm at Kinston Towers on North Queen Street in Kinston. Upon investigation, the source was determined to be overcooked food, and the situation was declared under control.

Audio|Heard on: Lenoir County Fire and EMS Dispatch
Listen to dispatch call
02:5
Transcript:
00:00
Attention Battalion One, commercial fire alarm near North Queen Street.
00:03
Attention Engine Twenty Two, Engine Thirty Three, Truck One.
00:06
Commercial fire alarm near North Queen Street.
00:09
Five hundred and eleven North Queen Street, same as Kinston Towers.
00:12
Cross streets Peyton and Washington.
00:14
Responding KFD Ops Two.
00:20
Responding to near North Queen Street, switching off two.
00:25
Truck responding to near Queen Street, switch off two.
00:30
Ops two.
00:32
Truck One is on ops two.
00:38
Engine 33 is responding at near North Queen Street, switching to ops two.
00:43
Okay, Battalion One responding to near North Queen Street, switching to ops three.
00:51
Battalion One on Ops Two, on scene.
00:53
Nothing visible.
00:54
Multi-story masonry apartment complex.
00:58
Copy Battalion One on scene.
00:59
Five Eleven North Wayne Street.
01:00
Nothing visible.
01:02
Sixteen 29.
01:05
Battalion One has command.
01:06
Command will investigate.
01:08
Copy Battalion One has command.
01:09
Command investigating.
01:26
Ten ninety-six, medic six respond.
01:28
Near Salty Hill Road.
01:33
Driver saw a fall.
01:34
Cross streets Bryce Harrison Road and Old Pink Hill Road.
01:37
Responding team.
01:42
Six is en route.
01:45
W 1630.
01:50
Communications.
01:54
Command.
01:57
Incident under control.
01:58
Overcooked food.
02:02
Copy. Under control.
02:04
Overcooked food, 1631.

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N Queen St, Kinston, NC 28501

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