Smoke alarm triggered by candle in apartment, Amesbury MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/12/2025 11:31 AM

Field St, Amesbury, MA 01913

Fire crews responded to a smoke alarm caused by a candle on the second floor of a residential building near Crown and Field Street in Peabody, Massachusetts. No active fire was found and units returned to service.

Audio|Source: Peabody Police and Fire

03:15

Transcript:

00:00

Mouthoblox 8.53, engine one, engine four, engine five, ladder one,

00:05

16 trials and shield, tannery apartments.

00:19

Reported box alarm, near Crown and Field Street, engine one, engine four, engine five, ladder one, car two, nearest cross streets, Lowell Street and Warren Street.

00:32

Reported box alarm, near Crown and Field Street, engine one, engine four, engine five, ladder one, car two,

00:42

nearest cross streets, Lowell Street and Warren Street.

00:45

Please responding.

00:54

Receive,

00:55

five.

00:56

Receive, five.

01:03

File, I'm Katow.

01:07

Fire line.

01:11

Katsu is off, six-story residential, not been showing.

01:14

Kravichel, command.

01:21

Risi's six-story residential, not been showing.

01:23

Kratu, you have command.

01:32

One's up.

01:37

Ladder winds level one.

01:47

We have a fire alarm follow-up report.

01:55

Google with the follow-up report.

01:58

The engine one is going to investigate second floor, smoke activation.

02:06

Received. Engine one is investigating the second floor for smoke activation.

02:10

The floor is level,

02:20

forward for smoke activation.

02:21

Agent 5, level 1.

02:32

(name withheld) was.

02:36

Snap.

02:39

Smoke from a candle.

02:41

We're in Unit 206.

02:47

Report from a candle, you need anything else?

02:50

And try for a reset.

03:03

Fire alarm, Crown shall command.

03:05

Holden engine one, car two, return the other companies.

03:10

Receive.

03:12

Holden car two, engine one.

03:13

Other companies can return.

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