Smoke from food left on stove at Monroe dormitory, Monroe NC

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/16/2025 05:17 PM

Near N Main St, Monroe, NC 28112

Fire units responded to a commercial fire alarm at Byron Hall in Watson Village near North Main Street, Monroe, North Carolina. Crews found smoke caused by food left on a stove; no active fire was observed.

Audio|Source: Union County and North Carolina State Fire

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Transcript:

00:00

Station 9, Station 8, respond for a commercial fire alarm by a hall in the Watson Village, near North Main Street, Operan, and Bravo.

00:12

Engine 19 is going to be around.

00:15

10-4[1].

00:21

Please, all right.

00:25

I'm ready.

00:30

Station 9, Station 8, Engine 80, Engine 92, Enroll with law enforcement for commercial fire alarm Byron Hall, Watson Village, near North Main Street.

00:39

It's me for a smoke detector, zone 3,

00:44

hydrants in front of 508 Church Street.

00:53

Agent 19th is arriving, three-story dormitory structure,

00:57

nothing showing from four sides.

00:59

Okay,

01:03

1422 on the scene, three-story dorm structure, nothing showing four sides,

01:08

evacuation progress.

01:09

This man.

01:14

(name withheld), did you get a room not...

01:19

Not yet, walking along, palo.

01:24

955 to command.

01:29

Go ahead.

01:32

Living room, room 921.

01:39

Please, (name withheld).

01:40

Y'all can clear, thank you.

01:46

Cover that. See come, Com, Copy Direct.

01:48

Hi, Copy Direct.

01:49

Show you clear.

01:57

Thank you. Ellie, can you bring me a fan, please? A lot of smoke here.

02:00

There's going to be food on the stove, Seacom.

02:02

2.4, food on the stove.

02:09

Mark control time as well.

02:12

Copy control time, 2025.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

10-4: Acknowledgment / OK

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Near N Main St, Monroe, NC 28112

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