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False fire alarm at Logan Apartments with no fire found, Burlington IA

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Burlington, IA

A fire alarm sounded at the Logan Apartments but no smoke or fire was found. People were seen laughing in the smoke shack area and may have triggered the alarm. The alarm stopped before officers arrived.

Audio|Source: Des Moines County Public Safety / Henderson IL County
01:10
Transcript:
00:00
So I just got a 9-1, coming from the Logan apartment.
00:03
Call her advice when she woke up to a sound of what appeared, or sounded like to me a fire alarm.
00:09
She did advise that there wasn't any smoke or anything like that.
00:12
She just stated that the fire doors did shut, but she did look outside.
00:16
And that was pretty, people were the smoke check area.
00:18
We're laughing.
00:19
She's not sure if maybe one of them started off.
00:21
I didn't know if he wanted to go over and respond once you're not 106.
00:25
Again, it's not sounding anymore.
00:27
They have shut it off or it's been shut off.
00:29
Smoker flames is moose.
00:32
10-4[1]. I'll swing by there once we're 10-2[3] here.
00:37
As long as we don't get any further calls in the fire department doesn't need tripped out.
00:44
10-4[1].
00:49
sticking away from here, I'll be 76, Logan Apartments, just to make sure it's a false alarm.
00:55
10-4[1]. Again, she invited this in the smoke shack area, I'm not sure if you know without that, but she said that there were subjects in there that were laughing.
01:02
She thinks they might have been the ones to set it off.
01:08
10-4[1], I'll be 1076[2].
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or confirmation that a message is received and understood.
[2]
1076: En route to the scene
[3]
10-2: Signal good / Receiving well

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