Smoke alarm triggered by washing machine water leak, Princeton NJ
Fire & ArsonFire and police responded to a smoke alarm at an apartment near Cascade Court in West Windsor. The alarm was triggered by water leaking from a washing machine, not by fire.
Audio|Source: Hightstown Fire, East Windsor Police and Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Station 43, Station 44.
00:09
This is the second assignment, near Cascade Court for apartment 5 for the alarm.
00:14
Temer dispatch (number withheld).
00:22
445 and AMO 45 are responding Cascade Court.
00:29
Not a 4-3 responding.
00:47
Station 43, 4445, West Windsor, near Cascade Court, Apartments 5, crossing Mayfair Drive for the alarm system.
00:54
Said.
00:56
Station 43, 4445, West Windsor, near Cascade Court, Apartment 5, crossing Mayfair Drive for the alarm system East 1.
01:08
Chief 44, prevention 45, are you on this one?
01:13
I am, good, sir.
01:17
Apparently, law enforcement were out there about an hour ago due to unknown alarm activation.
01:22
They found water leaking from a washing machine, I guess going through a sprinkler, or I mean through a smokehead is what it sounds like.
01:30
And they're saying that's the cause of the activation, just to apply.
01:40
Do you tend to for to handle that?
01:42
I'm...
01:45
Not available, essentially.
01:48
Yeah, we're responding from Southville.
01:52
All right, you can proceed as you need.
01:56
Central from 244.
01:58
Go ahead.
02:01
Hold to the units on the street.
02:15
The activation of the smoke detector is due to a water leak from a washing machine.
02:20
You can hold the assignment to the units that are on the road.
02:23
All right.
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Location mentioned:
Near Cascade Ct, Princeton, NJ 08540
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