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False fire alarm at apartments near Grant AvenueMobile AL

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Mobile, AL

Fire crews were sent to apartments near Grant Avenue and West Main Street for a reported structure fire. Upon arrival, no fire or smoke was found. The incident was confirmed as a false alarm. Attempts to contact the caller were unsuccessful as calls were hung up without information. All checks of the building showed no evidence of fire.

Audio|Source: Mobile County/City and Area Fire
05:29
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 68, outside fire, at Grant Avenue and West Main Street, outside fire.
00:07
Engine 68, outside fire, at Grant Avenue and West Main Street, outside fire.
00:14
Timeout, 728.
00:18
I'm on in 68.
00:25
68. Six days in a row.
00:30
Copy and route. Further information, caller saying that the apartments are on fire, stand by for different page and multiple units to be in around.
00:40
Copy.
00:49
Richard Carr 61, Latter 55, engine 67, structure fire highlight hazard, at Grant Avenue and West Main Street.
01:00
Richard Car 61, Matter 55, engine 67, structure fire, highlight hazard, at Grant Avenue and West Main Street.
01:10
Timeout.
01:11
729.
01:14
65-9.
01:22
Car 61 is en route.
01:26
Copy a note.
01:32
610-0.
01:34
Copy now.
01:40
Fire wrong, 460.
01:42
Go ahead.
01:44
68, copy,
01:46
go ahead.
01:49
There's going to be commercial avenues.
01:51
Okay.
01:56
6.
02:00
Affirmative.
02:02
It looks like it's the Vesalya Court apartments.
02:06
Hold date, please.
02:08
County 15, show you out of service.
02:09
Have a good day.
02:11
The caller only said Grant Avenue and West Main Street, but those are the only apartments over there.
02:17
Okay.
02:25
Final.
02:31
You know,
02:34
Edna calling, go ahead.
02:36
Six days at the apartment,
02:39
nothing shown at this time.
02:40
Six days out of investigating.
02:42
Copy on scene, nothing showing at investigating.
02:45
Fire alarm car 61.
02:47
Car 61.
02:52
On scene two-story commercial apartments.
02:55
Nothing visible from side A,
02:58
established in Commercial Avenue command.
03:00
We'll be checking the 400 units.
03:03
Copy on scene, two-story commercial building, nothing showing from side A, out-investigating command.
03:08
Command is established.
03:14
Sorry, on Commercial Avenue, Commandments.
03:18
Command, go ahead.
03:19
Do you have a callback number or a unit with a caller call from?
03:25
Every time we call back, they say something and then hang up, no apartment number.
03:34
Copy off.
03:35
67, cut down the traffic.
03:41
Fire on minus six five.
03:44
Hello.
03:45
We're going to be on,
03:47
Zane.
03:52
Got the on, see.
03:59
Can you have to be on scene.
04:00
File on commercial avenue,
04:03
command. Command, go ahead.
04:06
Can you give me that call, that number, please?
04:13
Send by Testable.
04:22
(number withheld).
04:28
Fire alarm, Rescue, 23.
04:32
Rescue, 23, go ahead.
04:36
You can show us transporting to USA.
04:39
Twenty-three coming.
04:43
Yeah, I copy.
04:51
No, I'll have to go.
04:53
I want to go.
05:00
Command.
05:02
Go ahead.
05:08
We've done the 360 of all the units.
05:11
No evidence of fires.
05:12
We'll be a false call.
05:14
Terminate the command of fire units and service.
05:16
It's got to be able to fire units and service.
05:19
False call.
05:24
Three seconds response to the false call.
05:27
The second response is a false call.

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