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False alarm triggered at university veterinary medicine building, Blacksburg VA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/14/2025 09:04 AM

Vet Med, Blacksburg, VA 24061

Police responded to a panic alarm at the veterinary medicine building at Virginia Tech. The alarm was accidental, caused by IT work in the room.

Audio|Source: Montgomery County Public Safety

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Transcript:

00:00

VetMed, Phase 3, show them panicked, room 112.

00:06

1014.

00:07

1314.

00:09

133 in our view.

00:10

I'll be in row with them.

00:13

10.4.

00:15

One, seven, three, one, three, one, three.

00:20

I'm not here as a round about.

00:22

I'll go.

00:24

10, four, NRB direct.

00:30

MCPD.

00:32

41, RV.

00:36

41.

00:37

Is that a panic alarm down there to vet, pretty common? It's unusual.

00:51

VT PD.

00:53

173, you're going to be?

00:56

I'm listening.

00:57

No.

00:59

One three about them, driver.

01:08

ETPD.

01:10

Security Center to 135.

01:13

Good.

01:15

It was an accidental press.

01:17

There's IT work going on in that room.

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Location mentioned:

Vet Med, Blacksburg, VA 24061

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