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Fire alarm triggers evacuation at Secaucus Public LibrarySecaucus NJ

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Near Paterson Plank Rd, Secaucus, NJ 07094

Fire and police responded to a fire alarm at Secaucus Public Library. There was no fire or smoke visible outside. An evacuation was underway. A gas line was struck outside, and gas and electrical technicians were on scene. The alarm was triggered in a second-floor bathroom and was reset. No fire occurred.

Audio|Source: East Rutherford Fire and Police
05:25
Transcript:
00:00
headquarters engines one, two, three, tower two, rescue one.
00:03
You're responding near Paterson Plank Rd, the Secaucus Public Library, on an activated fire alarm.
00:09
Again, the tensions, one, two, three, tower two, and rescue one.
00:14
Near Paterson Plank Rd, the Secaucus Public Library, for a fire alarm activation. Headquarters time, 1711, 1711.
00:26
Call one is responding.
00:29
Got it.
00:34
Four-seven one.
00:37
Let me know if State Police get there.
00:41
Take him on time, please?
00:45
Let me know if State Police arrives.
00:49
I'll say bye.
00:55
Deputy Wond respond.
01:02
Call one's on the scene. Got a two-story library.
01:06
Nothing visible from the exterior. We do have evacuation.
01:10
Call one will be established in command.
01:15
District 1713.
01:22
Agent here is responding.
01:29
Go for dispatch.
01:33
The correct numeric is 223, right?
01:38
That's affirmative 223, apartment 1.
01:43
Yeah, we're here banging on the windows, knocking on the door, no one's answering. Do you have a phone number to call back?
01:55
That's a negative. It was golden from PSC and G.
02:12
4-7-1 paper leave, so I'm saying.
02:16
On the scene, we got the attack.
02:21
All right, then just two, you can stand by.
02:27
The engine two received. The engine two can see.
02:37
Burgess, command from dispatch.
02:41
Go ahead.
02:44
I just called back PS&G. They said the call came in from their electrical tech,
02:51
that there was a gas line that was struck on the exterior.
02:55
They currently have a gas tech on scene.
03:06
Receive. PS is on C now and the electrical tech are on scene as well. I'll advise you over for what's going on.
03:15
Receive, 17, 18.
03:23
Call one from Tally 2.
03:27
Call one.
03:29
Do you want us to respond to stand by?
03:33
No, respond.
03:39
Was that response?
03:43
Negative standby.
03:48
Recease.
03:50
4-183.
03:52
4-183.
04:01
Deputy Juan from...
04:03
Call one from Deputy One.
04:07
Carl One.
04:10
Yeah, 2,000 activated in the bathroom on the second floor.
04:15
You can reset it.
04:23
Four, six out of nine, one already.
04:28
Received.
04:34
Negative.
04:40
Far one, range and three.
04:44
Fall one, range and three.
04:51
Chief, do we have a return?
04:55
Negative, just standby for now.
04:59
Recease, standing by and Corpus.
05:03
And you're on, Sonic.
05:09
Flat of one, dispatch.
05:12
COVID dispatched.
05:15
C.S. is on scene.
05:17
He's calling for a street crew to come out.
05:20
He's going to remain on scene. He released us, decontaminate command.
05:23
We'll advise you over back to the rig.

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Near Paterson Plank Rd, Secaucus, NJ 07094

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