False fire alarm caused by discharged extinguisher, Indianapolis IN
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm at Piccadilly Apartments near E 16th St was reported due to smoke and evacuation. Upon investigation, no fire was found. The cause was a maliciously discharged fire extinguisher. The alarm was false and the area was cleared.
Audio|Source: Marion County MECA Fire and Rescue
04:53
Transcript:
00:00
Ladder 7 and Car 10 mark responding. Company is in route to near E 16th St. This is the Piccadilly apartment.
00:07
Hall revising is coming from the third floor. Smoke is coming out of an apartment. Evacuation is in progress, 107.
00:19
Control, you mark Cartan, responding.
00:22
MDT is down.
00:24
Responding, 107.
00:31
Control from the Battalion One.
00:33
Battalion One.
00:42
We're on the scene near E 16th St with a moot destroy high-rise structure with nothing showing.
00:53
Forty Battalion 1 established.
00:59
Near E 16th St Command, Engine 5, and Ladder 7 will be an investigation.
01:09
Battalion 1 on scene of a multi-story high-rise, nothing showing by the authority of Battalion 7, establishing 16th Street Command, Engine 5 and ladder 7 will be investigating 1.09.
01:20
Engine 14 is unseen, staged west on a high turn.
01:25
Incent seven stage to the east.
01:31
Squad seven stage to the east.
01:40
Fireforming for a second truck.
01:45
Cartan stage.
01:49
Ladder 13 states.
01:52
It's 22 staged.
02:00
Engine 35, ladder 20, 61 43, Brookville Road, building alarm. Engine 25, ladder 20, 6143, Rockville Road, Building alarm, 110 hours.
02:13
Location, 500, stop.
02:15
Tate 7's arrived.
02:18
The man from line of seven investigations.
02:22
Go ahead.
02:27
Right now, what we signed is a signature that was set off in the second floor hallway, a smoke or fire,
02:33
and then keep looking for a little bit.
02:38
Copy.
02:40
Control.
02:43
Go ahead. Do you have an apartment number.
02:48
Negative, the original caller advised it was coming from the third floor out of one of the apartments that she was on the way down the stairs.
03:13
If you copy that comment from dispatch, let's get the third floor checked too.
03:22
The third floor hall is perfectly clear.
03:27
It's a lighter seven and five.
03:30
I think it's the stage extinguisher.
03:36
Repeat that.
03:42
The third floor hallway was perfectly clear.
03:45
I'm going to keep looking a little bit more. I'm pretty sure this is just the extinguishers that was set off.
03:52
You can downgrade the ladder 7 inch and 5.
04:14
Go ahead.
04:16
You're saying you've got an extinguisher that's been discharged and you've cleared second and third floor?
04:25
I have a firm that appears to be malicious.
04:30
Copy that. Control from 16th Street Command.
04:34
Go ahead.
04:36
Let's go ahead and disregard everybody with the exception of Engine 5, Ladder 7.
04:40
We'll release the operator. We'll terminate command.
04:47
Company is on scene near E 16th St can disregard marking service with the exception of Ladder 7 in Engine 5.
Disclaimer:
This transcript was automatically generated and may contain inaccuracies. Please verify the information independently.
Location mentioned:
Near E 16th St, Indianapolis, IN 46202
Correct
Incorrect
