Fire alarm sounds at Tacoma high-rise apartment building, Tacoma WA


A fire alarm was activated at a 14-story apartment building in Tacoma. Residents are outside, but there is no visible fire or smoke. Fire crews are on scene preparing for a possible emergency in the high-rise building.
Audio|Source: Tacoma Fire
01:54
Transcript:
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Engines 4, 11, 9, 2 and 12. Ladder 1, ladder 3, medic 3, battalion 2, Battalion 1, Safety 3, BMS 1, and Investigator 1, Channel A3, commercial structure fire, Winthrop Apartments near Commerce St, Unit 718. Engines, 4, 11, 9, 2, and 12.
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Ladder 1, Ladder 3, Medic 4, Medic 3, Battalion 2, Battalion 1, Safety 3, BMS 1, and Investigator 1, Channel A3, commercial structure fire, Winthrop Apartments near Commerce St, Unit 718, time 1452.
00:48
Aid 6, Channel A2, BLS, sick person, near 70th Street West. Aid 6, Channel A2, BLS, sick person, near 70th Street West, time 1454. To go a latter ones on scene and command at near Commerce St is no wind throughout, nothing showing, nothing visible.
01:17
100 by 100 type 1, 14-story, concrete or residential, multifamily dwelling. We've occupants outside, people standing by, audible alarm[1]. Angel 1000 will be going high-rise mode. Later will be Commerce command. Receive, latter-one on scene, reporting 100-by-100-14-story, nothing showing audible alarm going in high-rise mode, 14-55.
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[1]
audible alarm: Fire alarm sounding
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Location mentioned:
Near Commerce St, Tacoma, WA 98402
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