Multiple fire alarms triggered at local facilities, no fire found, Durham NC

Fire & Arson (False Alarm)

Reported: 08/21/2025 09:56 AM (PDT)

Near NC-54, Durham, NC 27713

The audio reports multiple fire alarms at a retirement home, strip mall, and storage facility. No signs of fire were found, and some confusion about a possible weapon in a vehicle was clarified as a mistake. Evacuations are happening as a safety measure.

Audio|Source: Durham City Fire

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Transcript:
Ladder 6, where I'm saying, single story, retirement home. The hydrant front, nothing visible. Fire alarm[1]. Fire alarm. 505 Nt 54 Highway West Fire alarm 505 Nc 54 Highway West Cross of Highgate Drive and Tudor Place engine 16 ladder 12 along or not. It's going to be in field, pet hospital, Ops 6, Ops 6, I don't believe that's correct location. 202 Highway 54 West, Cross Street, State, Lowell Road and South Point Crossing. And Opt 6, Option 06. Here they're out to guess, they're stating that the vehicle's in the back parking lot we cannot provide the vehicle description for hanging up, but they will direct units when they arrive on scene. There's no sign of alarm. There are panels reading normal. Didn't know them along. PD to EMS. Go ahead. Hey, just checking in, call notes updated and advising that there's an AR in the vehicle. Just wanting to know if you guys have already made contact or if you guys wanted to stage before we arrive. We haven't made contact, but there's a PD unit on team making contact as we speak. I just got clarification. It was a typo. They meant to say that they are in the people in the back corner. There was no gun. Engine 16 is on scene. Single story, strip mall. Nothing visible from the front. Evacuation in progress. Engine 16 is beyond investigators. Soil, copy. We're pulling up in front of you. Fire alarm. Public storage. 7101 NC-751 highway. 0.1. This is the highway. Cross of NC-54 Highway West and Celebrate Park 5. Ladder 6. Engine 12. Option 12. Optional 2. Ops 2. Yeah, 104. The alarm company said they were working on the unit on the... I'll talk to make sure everything's good inside here. Check the panel.

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Lane Heart Problem 6421 Green Hollow Lane Cross Street Pine Glen Trail engine 18 that's still I've shown to uh engine 2 engine 2 engine do if we need to we're going to prepare to lay out to the hydrant. How are you in the strategic stage of your trucks right now until we get further? Quint-11 front of man. You got a camera for it. Stand by. 1211, I've got engine 2 and engine 5 personnel ready to deploy a line to your location if you need. Bridge the line, we've got a moderate smoke. We're out. We're at the next to go. We've got high heel and freewheeler. We're looking at the next door. We've got to force the door with the line. Engine 5 personnel. Deploy a line from engine 2. A commuter for command. If you copy, Quintillet, as a request, the billboard. Rescue, we're out. Latitude driver to point 11. Got you ventilation in the back of the apartment. Pretty good heat back here. Engine 10, come up, pull the second line. Line, bring that line. Is that better, police? Command from Engine 5B. Command, go. This hydrogen is across the street, so we're going to have to shut the street down. VanCobbs. You guys get PD for Tiger Control. 1-11 is we got water on the fire via water can. I think we finished up. We want to understand since then, like you said, you got water on the fire with a water can. What was your, uh, the rest of it? 4.11 primary search. I've got a line coming to the front door for engine 2. Engine 5 personnel. I need you once you get the line to pull it through the front door to the pool of the second line. 2.0.1.2.0.2.1. Water coming through the front door to pull. Command from Rescue 1. Just clear apartments. 207s are clearing apartments as well. Let me tell you, we're on floor in the basement, we're on floor one above the fire department. It's negative for fire, negative for smoke, and negative for people. Right, that was risky one stating there above the fire department. Correct, above the fire department. We got on painting, Jed. So you can fire, not down, correct? Coming up from Battalion 4. I'm standing on the road block for a hydrant right now. Can you be later. Stand by. Until we can get a line pulled up. Feel the box unit. You can cancel. Top one. if you need charge this five inch, give me a long, long leg here. Yes, man, bye. Engine five, you're on primary, go to Optalon. Quintilletka, man. You're going to need any additional water. We still have about three-quarters the tank. We haven't charged the hydrogen yet. Command from engine 6. Okay, go ahead. In terms on the line. We're ready for the fan to be fed to be further up to the front door. We're going on water. Copy, I believe they started the plan already. Command from Ladder 2. Live 2, standby. 1.11, go ahead with traffic. Primary is negative. We're starting our secondary now. Command, copy. Slater 2, go ahead with traffic. We've just said, we completed ventilation, just all horizontal. Okay, more fire control. Command 104, Fire under control. Command for Take her 18. You still need me? Negative. Come on through. We're going to push you down. They'll use your water at the unit. Ain't that a 341, don't I'm saying? For rescue. Clear the apartment's above fire crack. Yeah, everything's clear. We're going to set a fan up. A lot of two drivers working on the mat on the apartment directly above the fire. No extension. I do want to find that which calls it. There we're in. I got a little heat in the wall for nothing that I'm really worried about. Engine 2 of the Quint 11 from Command. Can you let us know in relation to the alpha side of where the calls is located? All right, if Alibide is 3.7 is going to be at the Charlie Delta corner of the apartment. You're back for two. I'm guessing the other apartment, Jason. Copy. I appreciate you want to copy that. Yeah, see you open my eyes on it. Stand from Battine Fort. Okay, okay. I just got your two-tank control coming down there. That way I can open up for a road again. Yeah, thank you. Go ahead and do that.

Multiple fire alarms triggered at local facilities, no fire found, Durham NC

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