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Fire alarm triggered by drill at child care center, Morgantown WV

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/13/2025 06:20 AM

Morgantown, WV 26506

A fire alarm was reported at the WVU Child Care Center on Laurel Street in Morgantown. Fire units responded and confirmed the alarm was caused by a fire drill with no actual fire or threat.

Audio|Source: Monongalia County Fire and EMS

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Transcript:

00:00

Company 3, fire alarm, Laurel Street.

00:13

Company 3, fire alarm, 1.95, Laurel Street.

00:17

WVU Child Care Center, time alerted, 920.

00:29

Company three respond.

00:32

Company three responding, 920.

00:38

Company three, MECA.

00:43

Go ahead, MECA.

00:50

Here's bonding, WVU Child Care Center, near Laurel Street for general fire alarm came in through UPD.

00:58

Last receiver.

01:04

If you received, Ladder 3 is responding?

01:08

Ladder 3 responding, 922.

01:14

Company 3, Ladder 3, authority, UPD.

01:17

They were conducting a fire drill.

01:19

False alarm. You can stand down.

01:23

Company 3 received, one service, returning.

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Morgantown, WV 26506

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