Unauthorized occupant triggers fire alarm at apartment, Springfield MA
Fire & ArsonA fire alarm was activated at an apartment building located near Spring St & Pearl St in Springfield. Firefighters found that the basement door had been forced open before arrival. Evidence including a sleeping bag and belongings indicated someone may be living in the basement without permission. No fire or smoke was detected, and it is believed the unauthorized occupant triggered the alarm.
Audio|Source: Springfield Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
Truck one, the engine one.
00:04
Delve engine one.
00:06
Did you guys check the rear porches inside your apartment?
00:13
We're ahead there now and check it up.
00:16
Three, two, do you hit a second floor on our side? I feel a little bit having a certain on our end.
00:21
Truck one, fire alarm.
00:25
Firearms on truck one.
00:28
Yeah,
00:29
like I said before, the panel is inoperable effect or only able to get a new location to the activation.
00:35
For investigating all the apartments,
00:38
these lines the basin's door was forced prior arrival and I kind of hear to leave that someone might have went down there and activated the alarm.
00:49
For you see, the panel is inoperable, unable to find the location, checking multiple apartments.
00:54
Basement door was forced before you guys arrived.
00:59
One of the residents think someone went down there and set it off.
01:06
Truck two to command.
01:10
Good.
01:12
I'm going to switch over to Channel 5.
01:23
Received.
01:28
Command 1.
01:33
Engine 6. Respond to (number withheld) Elmore Avenue.
01:37
Single-family home.
01:39
Medical.
01:48
Firearms on struck one.
01:50
Any luck on that supper?
01:55
Truck one, can you please go again? I didn't catch that.
01:57
Can you walk out making contact?
02:02
Yes, contact has been made as key holder. She stated that she will be sending someone over shortly.
02:09
There is two.
02:10
Truck one to Angel One.
02:15
Go for Inge One.
02:17
You got to do anything else?
02:21
That's a negative.
02:22
Walk the real porches, nothing found on all five floors.
02:26
We see, truck on an apartment. I'm into one truck on both back.
02:28
We walk the entirety of the Springs Street as well as the Pearl Street side.
02:33
Nothing found, nothing evident.
02:35
If you can call that number back and let them know,
02:38
there is definitely a person living in the basement that broke into the basement.
02:41
There's a sleeping bag and other living stuff down there.
02:44
Just give them a heads up.
02:46
Once again, it's possibly the one who stripped the alarm in the first place.
02:51
Received into one truck when you were back in service, who walked around the vicinity of the Spring Street and Pro Street locations, weren't able to find anything.
02:58
I will advise the keyholder that there could potentially be someone living in the basement.
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Location mentioned:
Spring St & Pearl St, Springfield, MA 01105
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