Fire alarm triggers evacuation at apartment building, Charlotte NC


A fire alarm sounded throughout an apartment building near West Arrowood Rd. Callers reported the alarm but could not identify the source of the alarm or see any smoke or fire. There is a history of past incidents involving someone falling asleep while cooking in the building. Evacuation procedures were started as a precaution.
Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire
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Transcript:
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Battalion 5, Engine 26, and Tower 26, Fire alarm, near West Arrowood Rd. Battalion 5, Engine 26, and Tower 26, Fire alarm, near West Arrowood Rd.
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Andrew 43 alarm.
00:29
Go ahead, engine 43.
00:31
The show is available, our computer's still down.
00:35
That's 4143. And 4J.43.
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L.M.T.S. responding near West Arrowood Rd.
00:46
Callers report the fire alarm has gone off in a whole building, but she doesn't know where it's coming from.
00:50
They have a history of someone falling asleep while cooking, but she doesn't know if that's the case this time.
00:56
No sign the smoker fire that she can tell they are going to start their evacuation procedures.
01:01
We do have a caution note about C&PD for all calls in apartment 221, and so we have started them, even though we don't know if it's going to be related.
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Audraiser, AeroPoint, and DeVore.
01:18
AJ 26 on 10,
01:21
got a full-story hotel hotel, another show from next year, 26 that's a command.
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Location mentioned:
Near W Arrowood Rd, Charlotte, NC 28217
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