Fire alarm at high school triggered by pull station, Chicago IL


A fire alarm sounded at a high school near South Drexel after a pull station was activated. A passerby reported seeing dark smoke, but responders found no fire or smoke on arrival. The alarm was triggered by the pull station, and crews are waiting for the building engineer to reset the system.
Audio|Source: Chicago Fire - Digital
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Transcript:
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near South Drexel.
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The high school, the alarms are going off from earlier. There's nothing showing. You can hold everyone else coming up in here.
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There's no fire. There's no smoke.
00:10
Forty-five is going to handle this.
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45 message to see. Company still responding near Drexel turn. Company still is not being near Drexel return.
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45,
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we did get this call from a passer-by, stated that the alarms are going off, and did see dark smoke in an unknown location in the building.
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Yeah, I'm with security now. They're in the building. There's no issue other than we're still waiting for building engineer to come back with a key so we could reset the system from the pull station that got pulled earlier.
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45 message.
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Location mentioned:
Near S Drexel Blvd, Chicago, IL 60653
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