East Park Villa evacuated after alarm activated

Fire drill had been conducted the day before false alarm

  • Firefighters and residents wait outside East Park Villa on Tuesday afternoon while fire officials inside the building seek out the source of an alarm that had sounded, prompting an evacuation of residents and staff.
    Firefighters and residents wait outside East Park Villa on Tuesday afternoon while fire officials inside the building seek out the source of an alarm that had sounded, prompting an evacuation of residents and staff.
    Having just practiced their evacuation plan the day before, residents of Aurora’s East Park Villa exited the building in record time last Tuesday afternoon when an automatic fire alarm was activated on the 3rd floor. The alarm came into dispatch at about 2 p.m. and by the time firefighters arrived from the fire station just a few blocks away, the residents and staff were already gath...

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