Smoke alarm sounding in vacant Carrboro apartment

Heard on: Orange County Fire and EMS

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Carrboro Battalion One, Carrboro Engine One, Carrboro Ladder One, Carrboro Engine Two, (number withheld) Smith Level Road, Unit V, commercial fire alarm, Ops Two, time of 15 twenty-one.

00:18

Okay, call for ladder one.

00:22

Call for ladder one, go ahead.

00:24

Clear all units with the exception of ladder one.

00:26

We'll be responding.

00:32

Copy authority of Carrboro Ladder One.

00:34

Clear all units, except Carrboro Ladder One.

00:36

We're out to this level at (number withheld).

00:43

Carrboro Ladder One, the caller advises that they heard smoke, the smoke detector from the apartment under the caller's unit.

00:51

Caller lives at the apartment (number withheld).

01:00

The alarm is coming from the apartment under the apartment (number withheld).

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Caller is advising that the apartment below her has also been vacant for months.

9/5/2026 12:18 PM

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Smith Level Rd v v 14, Carrboro, NC 27510

Smoke alarm sounding in vacant Carrboro apartment

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire units were dispatched to a commercial fire alarm at a building on Smith Level Road in Carrboro. A caller reported hearing a smoke detector from an apartment below their unit, and said that lower apartment had been vacant for months. Crews responded to check for a possible smoke issue.

Smoke alarm sounding in vacant Carrboro apartment

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