Fire alarm triggers at Warren Building in Wellesley, Wellesley MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/5/2025 09:23 AM

Near Washington St, Wellesley, MA 02481

A fire alarm was activated at the Warren Building on Washington Street in Wellesley. Multiple fire units responded. There were no visible signs of fire, but the alarm panel indicated possible smoke in the basement, which is being investigated.

Audio|Source: Wellesley Police and Fire, AreaWide3, Metro Fire

02:39

Transcript:

00:00

I'm about a cutout off the county here. Did you hear that we need fire down here? It's the fire alarm sounding at this building.

00:10

Did not hear that received.

00:24

Fire alarm[1] is on. Car 3,

00:28

engine 2,

00:30

Tower 2, 0.3,

00:33

for commercial fire alarm activation, near Washington St.

00:37

Again,

00:38

car 3,

00:40

engine 2,

00:41

20, Washington Street, for commercial fire alarm activation at the Warren Building, 27.

00:55

Cat 3 is on for near Washington St.

00:59

Part 3's on 1228.28.

01:02

Engine to responding.

01:06

Engine to responding, 1228.28. Power 2 is responding.

01:13

Power to responding, 1228.

01:17

Quintreys responds.

01:21

Quinn 3 is responding, near Washington St for a commercial fire alarm activation 1229.

01:33

Cartree will be off near Washington St with Command[2].

01:36

Nothing shown from a 50 by 1004-story school building.

01:43

Both three with command, nothing showing with 50 by 70 school building, top three.

01:57

Engine 2 on arrival.

02:00

Engine 2 on arrival, 1230.

02:04

Tower 2 is off.

02:07

Tower 2 is off, 12nd.

02:11

Quint 3 is off.

02:13

Quint 3 is off. Quint 3 is off, 1221.

02:15

Quint 3 is off, 1221.

02:23

Washington Street commander file on panel showing basement smoke protecta we're investigating

02:34

showing basement smoke investigating 1231

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

Fire alarm: Activated automatic fire alarm signal

[2]

Command: Incident Command assumes control and communicates status or instructions for coordinated response.

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Near Washington St, Wellesley, MA 02481

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