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Automatic fire alarm triggers false alarm at vacant house, Ames IA

audio iconFire & Arson - False Alarm
Near Douglas Ave, Ames, IA 50010

A fire alarm was set off automatically at or near 917 Douglas Avenue in Ames, Iowa. There was no sign of a fire or people inside the yellow and white house next door, which appears to be vacant possibly due to eviction. The alarm is a recurring false alarm at this location.

Audio|Source: City of Ames Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
Automatic alarm. Engine 1.917 Douglas Avenue. Cross of 9th Street and 10th Street. Automatic alarm. 917 Douglas Avenue. James, Engine 1. They're out to Douglas.
00:27
I put 917. The caller lives at 917. It's actually the house next door. It's a yellow and white house that she believes that people got evicted for. I've also given our inspections to call tomorrow. This is an ongoing issue with the fire alarm going off in it. She doesn't think anybody inside is just something of a bad alarm. Sorry. I ask her to watch for you and point to the house that she was calling in about.
00:53
was a new one. Go ahead.

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Near Douglas Ave, Ames, IA 50010
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