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Smoke detector triggers false alarm at businessMcallen TX

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S 16th St, McAllen, TX 78501

Fire crews responded to a smoke detector activation at a business near South 16th Street. Upon arrival, an employee reported no signs of smoke or fire. The alarm was triggered automatically without an actual emergency.

Audio|Source: Hidalgo County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Box alarm for engine one near South 16th Street.
00:05
Box alarm for engine one near South 16th Street.
00:09
Indication to be smoke detector, break room 121.
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Truck will be on ground wall.
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Engine 1 and out.
00:21
Engine 1 coming.
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Going.
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Kelly, this is a problem for fire on request for unit to 1814 moment.
00:27
1814 moment.
00:29
Fernando Lee if you're going to request to EMS.
00:31
We won't see the reason why.
00:37
That's right.
00:38
That's right. It's right. It's been served targets.
00:41
Union two.
00:46
Right as to Engine 1.
00:48
Just got off the phone with an employee.
00:50
They advised there's no smoke or fire.
00:53
The fire alarm just started going off by itself.

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S 16th St, McAllen, TX 78501

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Incident Timeline

  1. Alarm Cause Identified and Reset
  2. No Fire or Smoke Confirmed
  3. Employee Contacted
  4. Box Alarm Initiated

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