Fire Alarm Went Off But False Alarm

@capirani (2840)
United States
April 10, 2024 12:10pm CST
The people in my building and I spent about an hour outside around midnight last night when our fire alarm went off. The Fire Department was called and they came to check things out. It was a false alarm. Thank God for that. At least it wasn't winter, with ice and snow. It was quite calm and just a tad chilly. I have lived in this building for going on 9 years and this never happened until the past 2 years. We have had 3 to 4 false alarms counting this one last night. No one is pulling the fire alarm because if they did, it would be obvious as it has a crystal or glass thing inside that would break. I wish they would find out why we are having these false alarms.
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@JudyEv (339575)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Apr
My brother's house alarm goes off almost every time we stay there and if we cook toast for breakfast. It always scares me silly as it's very loud.
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@capirani (2840)
• United States
11 Apr
We have smoke detectors in our apartments. Three in a small one-bedroom apartment and one of them is almost directly above the stove. There are some things I make that I have to put the exhaust fan on to prevent the smoke detector from going off. Especially if I use a toaster. Making popcorn on the stove causes it to go off too. I think it is a stupid location for a smoke detector.
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@wolfgirl569 (105945)
• Marion, Ohio
10 Apr
Hope they find the problem
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• Portugal
10 Apr
So sorry about your situation. It is complicated that this keeps happening and the fire department didn't find out yet what is happening. I hope they can solve this soon.
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@LindaOHio (178131)
• United States
11 Apr
We had a false alarm. It turned out to be one of the sensors in one of the bedrooms that needed to be replaced. Have a good day.