Fire alarm triggered by candle smoke at home, Oxford MA


A fire alarm went off in a two-story home near Newton Ave. The alarm was caused by smoke from a candle. The building was evacuated and no fire was found. The alarms were reset and the incident was cleared.
Audio|Source: Oxford Police and Fire
01:50
Transcript:
00:00
I have you in route near Newton Ave.
00:03
Just be advised the RP just called back stating that the alarms have shut off on their own.
00:08
She did have a candle that was burning, unsure if that may have caused it.
00:15
Okay.
00:23
Fire alarm[1], ambulance three.
00:27
Ambulance 3? Ambulance 3?
00:29
Amlins 3-302.
00:33
Avenue Route 1302.
00:39
Fire alarm[1], letter 2.
00:43
Ladder 2.
00:50
Let's you, we're going to be on a two-story wood frame, residential building, building's evacuated, nothing's showing from three sides, L3 will have command.
01:03
Receive 1304.
01:06
By alarm from Ambulance 3?
01:08
Ambulance 3.
01:11
Ambuln 3 on arrival.
01:16
Receive 13.0-5.
01:24
Fire alarm[1], first command.
01:30
Command, go ahead.
01:37
This is going to be smoke from a candle.
01:40
All the protectors are reset and holding.
01:43
All units will be clear, command will be terminated.
01:47
We see command terminated at 1311.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Fire alarm: Fire-related incident notification/dispatch
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Location mentioned:
Near Newton Ave, Oxford, MA 01540
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