False residential fire alarm due to food on stove, Opelika AL

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/30/2025 03:15 PM

Near Merle Cir, Opelika, AL 36801

A residential fire alarm was reported near Merle Circle. Fire units responded but found no visible fire. The cause was determined to be food burning on the stove, which triggered the smoke detector. The incident was declared a false alarm and no fire damage occurred.

Audio|Source: Opelika Fire Department

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Transcript:

00:00

Tension. Incoming Alert.

00:07

Battalion 1, Engine 1, Engine 4, Ladder 1,

00:13

00:14

00:15

near Merle Circle.

00:17

Fire Residential Alarm 7,

00:21

Battalion 1,

00:22

Engine 1, Engine 4, Ladder 1,

00:26

00:27

6, 1,

00:28

near Merle Circle.

00:30

Fire Residential Alarm 7, 0.

00:37

I'll tell you one.

00:40

Agent Forger's enraught in Merle Circle.

00:43

Copy, near Merle Circle, some 14 smoke detector.

00:48

Other one's a route.

00:50

Copy lighter one.

00:52

Copy letter one. Copy, Angel, one.

00:57

Engine 2, that's like.

01:00

Engine 2. Engine 2.

01:04

These days, Robinocene Phoenix, that was the next to me.

01:08

Probably.

01:10

Andrew Ford over, like Andrew Ford is driving on scene, seeing a sort of residential structure.

01:14

Nothing visible from the outside.

01:17

Angiore is going to be aside from tomorrow command.

01:20

Copy, Angiore.

01:21

All right ones are having on scene tomorrow.

01:24

Copy.

01:29

Having on scene, Merle.

01:31

Copy. Copy.

01:37

All secondary union, you can cancel.

01:44

NJ1 is back in service.

01:47

Copy.

01:52

All of the service, I plug it.

01:55

Copy. Copy.

02:08

Tomorrow, command over, Lager.

02:10

Okay, go ahead.

02:15

Food on the stove says the alarm.

02:17

Longerfinery said,

02:19

everything is good at this location. Command is to be terminated in for the fact of the service.

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Near Merle Cir, Opelika, AL 36801

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