Cooking smoke sets off home fire alarm

Heard on: Monterey Peninsula Fire Dispatch - Command 35

01:37

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Monterey Station 11, fire alarm, (number withheld) Mar Vista Drive.

00:08

Monterey Station 11, fire alarm at a residence, (number withheld) Mar Vista Drive, cross of Cuesta Vista and Foothill Drive.

00:14

I think to see Charlie number one, 1835.

00:25

Truck 11 medical 501 coming out of Guadalupe.

00:33

Truck 11 medical 501 coming out of Guadalupe, unit 210, cross of 5th and 6th Street.

00:39

Charlie number three at 1847.

00:46

Medical 11 copy responding fire alarm.

00:48

(number withheld) Mar Vista Drive came in as a upstairs hall motion.

00:52

1847.

00:58

Truck 11, copy.

00:59

Responding medical 501 Camino Aguajito, unit 210.

01:04

32-year-old male, conscious and breathing, sweating and vomiting, also abdominal pain.

01:11

Medic 52, priority 2 from Roberts and CDR at 1849.

01:20

Is there any living fire company?

01:23

Go ahead.

01:29

Alarm company is calling back requesting a cancel accident.

01:31

Saw some smoke, and the resident also called in saying he was cooking some steak and they got a positive reset.

2026-10-22 01:45 UTC

Fire

Mar Vista Dr, Monterey, CA 93940

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a reported fire alarm at a residence near Mar Vista Drive in Monterey. The alarm company and resident later reported that the smoke was from cooking steak and the alarm was reset, and the call was canceled. A separate medical call was also dispatched for a 32-year-old man with abdominal pain, vomiting, and sweating.