Fire alarm triggered by battery change in basement, Pittsburgh PA


A fire alarm in the basement of a residential building near California-Kirkbride was activated. There were no visible signs of fire outside, and the alarm was triggered during a battery change on the smoke detector.
Audio|Source: North Hills Police / Fire / EMS
03:31
Transcript:
00:00
Residential fire alarm activation from the basement smoke detector.
00:02
649 red, strictly 258, channel 5 response, 857.
00:26
Street before and be on that police guard a second point.
01:00
County 683 out.
01:23
Sir.
01:29
You know, 850 and there's on the way.
01:33
250 in general at east 59.
01:37
I'm going to be able to be.
02:13
Nott ET 10-2-1.
02:14
I'm clear, Bapcock, 2014-3-0, advise under disposition.
02:18
3-900.
02:39
I'm going to be able to be.
03:09
Activity Andrew.
03:14
Or on the same three-story residential.
03:18
Nothing shown from the exterior cap.
03:22
Copy that in.
03:23
They just got a hotback, proper passcode.
03:26
They were changing the battery on the detector.
03:28
911.
03:30
Okay, we'll verify.
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Location mentioned:
California-Kirkbride, Pittsburgh, PA
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