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Fire alarm caused by aerosol at townhouse on Cedar St, Fitchburg MA

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Townhouse 4, 158 Cedar St, Fitchburg, MA 01420

A fire alarm was triggered at a townhouse near Cedar Street in Fitchburg. Firefighters found that the alarm was caused by aerosol spray activating the detector, with no actual fire present. The building was evacuated as a safety measure while crews confirmed there was no danger.

Audio|Source: Fitchburg and Lunenburg Fire and Mid State Control
02:19
Transcript:
00:00
Engine Fitchburg, near Cedar Street,
00:03
Townhouse, townhouse, over 4,
00:05
on the box.
00:07
Engines 1-14, ladder 1-Rev, rescue 3 in the deputy.
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Near Cedar Street,
00:12
Townhouse No.
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4, on the box. Engines 1-4, ladder 1, rescue 3 in the deputy, final line, 7.57.
00:18
See,
00:21
8,000,000, 7-57.
00:24
Seatings have townhouse No. 4, near Cedar Street.
00:29
C3[2] and companies have your spotting.
00:36
Responding companies, Jeremy Hyderton at 167 near Cedar Street as well as to the rear of the building on Highland Avenue,
00:43
167 near Cedar and to the rear of the building on Highland Ave.
00:46
Chamis 2 FireRads are operating channels.
00:55
C3[2] is off, three story,
00:57
nothing shown, buildings were evacuated, investigating.
01:02
C3[2] having arrival,
01:04
three story, nothing showing, buildings evacuated,
01:06
759.
01:07
And file, I'm cruiser investigating unit 404,
01:16
Zone 4[1].
01:19
Investigating unit 404, Zone 4[1], K o'clock.
01:36
Awex 394 Lemusifiers on with the morning radio test.
01:41
Testing 2.
01:45
Station 3-94.
01:48
Station 3.
01:54
Three.
01:58
Downtown.
02:02
Good morning, Fireland!
02:07
Four One in command.
02:11
Answer.
02:13
Yeah,
02:15
we find the activated detector. Like they're due to aerosol, get a couple reset.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Zone 4: Alarm panel zone 4 activated at the location
[2]
C3: Car 3 (command officer) assuming incident command

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Location mentioned:
Townhouse 4, 158 Cedar St, Fitchburg, MA 01420
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