Carbon monoxide alarm triggers evacuation at home, Chapel Hill NC
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a carbon monoxide alarm at a home near Laurel Hill Rd. The alarm sped up its beeping and then sounded continuously, even after battery replacement. The occupants evacuated the house and waited outside.
Audio|Source: Orange County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Engine 32, near Laurel Hill Rd, carbon monoxide alarm.
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Engine 32,
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near Laurel Hill Rd,
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carbon monoxide alarm, cross streets, Time Lane, and Buttons Road.
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Utilize Ops 2, timeout at 1010.
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32 in-rout at 10-10.
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I have you en route.
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Caller advised the carbon monoxide alarm started beeping and started beeping faster and faster until it was a continuous scream.
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Looking off the wall, trying to get the batteries out, but even with new batteries, it still continued to go off.
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Robber.
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Caller says the house is one and a half stories.
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Caller will be outside.
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She set the device on a table after taking the batteries out.
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Everyone's evacuated.
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Location mentioned:
Near Laurel Hill Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
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