Fire alarm triggers evacuation at South Union St building, Burlington VT


A fire alarm activated at a building near South Union Street, Burlington. Residents evacuated and audible alarms were sounding, but no fire was visible. The fire department is investigating. Initial reports indicate residents were cooking when the alarm triggered.
Audio|Source: Chittenden County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
Engine 5 from Tower 1. You want to hold it to Rotary in case this ends up being on South Union?
00:07
Copy that.
00:11
You can have command.
00:13
Abel, Tower Onzantine, pass command to Lieutenant on Injad 5.
00:18
We'll be investigating.
00:23
Five stage at the Rotary.
00:26
We've got command.
00:40
Car 9 responding to me 2.
00:44
Command.
00:45
Tower running.
00:46
Easy.
00:50
Engine 1. Public Assist,
00:53
near South Winooski Avenue.
00:55
Engine 1.
00:57
Public Assist, near South Winooski Avenue.
01:01
Tower.
01:08
I believe this is going to be a house office near South Union.
01:13
If you approach Foley you'll see my light shining down.
01:19
Copy that, we'll move up.
01:27
Current eyes, I'm seeing. Got nothing evident from the outside. They do have audible alarms going off. Building is evacuated.
01:33
K-1 is going to have command. N-7. When you arrive, you're going to have an investigation.
01:36
N-7 cops will have the investigation on arrival.
01:50
N-J7, we're going to be on Channel 3.
01:54
Copy Fireground, Channel 3.
02:06
And it's Tim to arrive on to hunting.
02:19
Command,
02:21
Tower 1A, the corrected address is going to be 528 South Union.
02:29
Copy 528. Do you have any needs?
02:35
No needs. I can hear a detector going off on the second floor.
02:41
Nothing evident.
02:48
Ashex Junction Base, Lincoln Street Command.
02:53
The initial reports from the residents, they were cooking at the time that this went off. Engine 7 is investigating now.
03:04
Okay.
03:13
Hey, we're from South Williams Command. Sorry, South Union Command.
03:20
South Union Command, go ahead.
03:23
Do you have a building contact on file?
03:31
This standby, take a look.
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