Cardboard reported on sewer drain; nothing found


Fire crews responded after callers reported cardboard placed over a sewer drain near the Arnold Arboretum on Arborway. Police were on scene and crews searched the area. No smoldering material or fire was found.
Audio|Source: Boston Fire Channel 1
03:16
Transcript:
Card 10. FIU[2] on scene, returning 111. FIU on scene, returning at 111. 1429. Oh no, I'm engine 29. NG29. NG29. Do you have anything further on this? We're investigating this. area we didn't find anything. Engine 29[3], stand by. I'm on the call right down. Okay, thank you. (name withheld)'s going engine 29. Engine 29. Engine 29. Call is said the... It was in front of St. Elizabeth's down on the hill, but there was two police officers on scene, so they might have already put it out. Okay, thank you. We'll investigate further. Are you investigating further? 1432. Engine 28[1]. We're investigating near the caller, neither. The callers were all driving by. They said there was cardboard on top of a sewer drain in the area of Arborway East or South Street at Arborway. All right, we'll check the area. They'll check the area 1434. Engine 28. Have you received any more calls for this? We can't find any. Engine 28, we received at least two calls for this. My caller said it was Arborway East across from the Arboretum. He couldn't give me any cross streets, but another caller said South Street at Arborway. Police had put in 370 Arbor Way. All right, we'll take a ride on the Arbor way. This is for a sewer drain. Somebody said that there was cardboard on top of it. All right, we'll go looking for it. You know what that today's further, 1437? 7. File of that goes straight. File arm, engine 29. Engine 29. We didn't find anything. We're returning. We're returning. Please find nothing you returning, 1439.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Engine 28: Fire Engine Unit 28
[2]
FIU: Fire Investigation Unit
[3]
Engine 29: Fire Engine Unit 29
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Location mentioned:
Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, 125 Arborway, Boston, MA 02130
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