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Fire alarm activation at Stop & Shop Plaza, Newton MA

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audio iconFire & Arson
Needham St, Newton, MA 02461

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire units were dispatched to a potential fire alarm activation at the Stop and Shop Plaza on Watertown Street in Newton. Crews investigated the sprinkler room after the alarm signal was received. Multiple engines and ladder units responded, and command was established at the plaza. The cause of the alarm was under investigation.

Audio|Heard on: Newton Police and Fire
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01:55
Transcript:
00:00
Receiving box 2462.
00:03
Watertown Street near Stop and Shop Plaza.
00:07
Engine one, engine four, ladder three, and C2.
00:11
Receiving box 2462 for Watertown Street near Stop and Shop Plaza for engine one, engine four, ladder three, and C2.
00:28
Three.
00:31
Registered.
00:34
Received and transmitted box 2462 on Watertown Street to Stop and Shop Plaza.
00:40
Engine one, engine four, ladder three.
00:48
Initial company is off box 2462 investigating Stop and Shop Plaza command.
01:02
Shop Plaza command 0644.
01:10
Call (number withheld).
01:15
Yeah,
01:19
Give me a call.
01:26
Control (number withheld), hold on.
01:30
Okay.
01:38
Plaza command, fire alarm.
01:42
Violent answer.
01:45
Trip to the sprinkler room.
01:48
Company's investigating.
01:52
Trip to the sprinkler room investigating.
01:55
Six forty-eight.

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Location mentioned:
Needham St, Newton, MA 02461

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