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False fire alarm at retail mall buildingLewiston ME

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Lewiston Mall Shopping Center, 40 East Ave, Lewiston, ME 04240

Fire units responded to a fire alarm at a large single-story brick building near East Ave in the Lewiston Mall Shopping Center. No signs of fire were found outside, and the fire alarm was reset by the bar manager before the units arrived. The cause of the alarm is unknown.

Audio|Source: Auburn and Lewiston Fire and EMS
03:38
Transcript:
00:00
Louisiana 1, engine 7, engine 4, engine 3, and 415.
00:04
You're going to see 440 East Ave.
00:09
We're for a post-detectives.
00:12
So I want to call them by the alarm company.
00:15
And the rear hallway over the fire panel.
00:18
Keyholder pending, double level.
00:23
On.
00:30
We're headed to Bywood Street to Walnut Street, Code 1.
00:33
PD's on scene.
00:35
There's a patient there with swollen feet.
00:38
Code 1.
00:50
Centralianit socially on responding C40,
00:53
40 East Ave, an alarm called in by the alarm company, pointing a smoke detector for the rear hallway over the fire panel, raffle level, see over the fire panel, raffle level, see over time.
01:04
Gollible, send engine three, so real, 40 east.
01:13
The engine three zone.
01:14
The engine three zone.
01:17
Gondon 3 is on scene.
01:20
Nothing strong from the outside of a large single-story brick.
01:23
We're investigating 31-stocked the end.
01:29
Stop the engine 3-8-0.
01:31
We've seen nothing showing on the outside.
01:32
There's a large single-story brick.
01:35
Here I'm investigating.
01:40
Okay.
01:42
Okay.
01:48
415 on team, establishing east out command.
01:55
Healthy, 415 on team, establishing command.
01:59
Okay,
02:02
7.015 on the hydrant, the start with you.
02:06
7 off the hydrant.
02:07
7 off the hydrant.
02:14
Another one on seat, air the building.
02:19
Another one on scene.
02:25
Central 5 on scene.
02:43
415 from 31.
02:49
Go ahead.
02:56
The alarm was inside C40.
02:58
They don't know what sent it off and the bar manager reset it before our arrival.
03:03
I've advised him off to let that happen twice.
03:06
I couldn't tell you what set it off.
03:12
Command copies.
03:18
I'm sent it from command.
03:25
Go ahead.
03:32
Unknown cause of the alarm was reset before we got here.
03:36
Zero units, command's been terminated.

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Lewiston Mall Shopping Center, 40 East Ave, Lewiston, ME 04240

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