Fire alarm triggered by vaping at Skokie restaurant boiler, Skokie IL


A fire alarm was triggered at the boiler near Dempster Street in Skokie. An employee reported the alarm was set off by someone vaping in the restaurant. No visible fire was found during the initial investigation.
Audio|Source: Chicago Suburban Fire Departments, MABAS and IFERN
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Transcript:
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Battalion 16, engine 17, truck 18, and rescue 17, respond to fire alarm, the boiler at near Dempster St.
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is a route from open and proffered.
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Engine 17, message received.
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In route. Item 16, message received.
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Truck 18, notice your C. Truck 18 in route.
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Your seat.
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All right, division 24 can repeat that left unit and wrong, sorry.
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Information. Go ahead.
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Bradford. We get a call from an employee on the scene and said it was a person vaping in the restaurants that set the alarms off.
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Go and then makes off return their wrong.
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Message received.
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The time 16 and engine 17 continue into the boiler, all other rigs can return.
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Return. near Dempster St. as a boiler.
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You've got stroked vaccinated and evacuation.
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We have nothing showing. We'll be on investigating.
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We'll be on investigating.
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Location mentioned:
Near Dempster St, Skokie, IL 60076
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