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False fire alarm caused by cleaning products at high schoolSouth Bend IN

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Near W Washington St, South Bend, IN 46619

A fire alarm was activated at Washington High School on West Washington Street. Fire units responded but found no fire or visible smoke. The cause was cleaning products sprayed near a smoke alarm which triggered the alarm.

Audio|Source: South Bend Metro Fire
03:16
Transcript:
00:00
South Bend Engine 4.
00:02
Engine 6. Fire 102.
00:05
Rescue 1. Truck 6.
00:07
Near West Washington Street.
00:10
Alarm response.
00:12
High life hazard.
00:13
Near West Washington Street.
00:16
Washington High School.
00:18
Respond on fire ground 1.12.36 hours.
00:29
South Bend companies being routed to near West Washington Street, Washington High School.
00:34
Pretty four, I like to have their fire alarm,
00:37
showing zone one, no description.
00:39
PD is on scene and doesn't see anything yet.
00:47
Engine 4 is en route.
00:51
Engine four.
00:53
Dispatch, just a second.
00:58
Engine 6. Engine 6 on scene, Washington High School.
01:03
Nothing showing from the front of the building.
01:07
Engine 6 with the Washington High School Command and Interscuit.
01:16
Clear your on scene, Washington.
01:18
Nothing showing from the front.
01:20
You'll be in command of investigating.
01:26
Sir, six level one.
01:35
Can we get your Knox key?
01:43
Washington Command Fire to switch.
01:46
Hey, go ahead.
01:49
A alarm company called back advice.
01:51
They spoke with a creole to (name withheld).
01:54
She said everything seems okay.
01:55
She's going to meet with you, apparently.
01:58
Okay, that'd be great.
02:02
And I believe I teed over you when you were speaking to truck six.
02:11
Desert here.
02:15
Agent four is back in route.
02:20
Engine four.
02:26
Dispassion, ma'am.
02:28
Good.
02:32
We'll go ahead and keep engine 6 and truck 6 on scene.
02:35
Everyone else in District Heart, you can open the fire ground up and we're released in TRIO.
02:44
Clear engine 6, truck 6 this day on scene, all of us in this road,
02:49
release fireground TRO.
02:55
Dispatch engine six.
02:58
Engine six.
03:03
Truck six and engine six are going to go back in service.
03:06
Spoke to a key holder, so she was spraying some products near a smoke alarm and that was the cause.
03:15
That's not just clear.

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Near W Washington St, South Bend, IN 46619

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