Possible apartment fire with alarms and burning smell, Des Moines IA


A call reported alarms sounding in an apartment and a burning smell near Bancroft Street. No visible fire was seen, but multiple fire and medical units responded to the possible structure fire.
Audio|Source: Des Moines Fire/EMS
01:47
Transcript:
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Engines 1, 2 and 4, trucks 1 and 6, Medics 6 and 8, DC1, DC2, possible structure fire, near Bancroft St.
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Engines 1, 2 and 4, trucks 1 and 6, Medics 6 and 8, DC1, DC2.
00:16
Response 3 on channel 6, response 3, channel 6.
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Opposition 3.
00:22
Copy this on channel 6.
00:24
Copy this on channel 6.
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Truckman.
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Truck 6.
00:28
Truck 6 went this morning.
00:30
Yes, it is, and it's the same phone number calling this in as well.
00:36
Copy that.
00:37
Just guys, can you get an investigator on the way also?
00:41
Copy, we'll do.
00:42
DC1, DC2 apparatus responding, near Bancroft St.
00:44
Caller said alarms are going off in Apartment 3.
00:48
A female said nothing is on fire, but there is a burning smell.
00:51
This is the same number that called in an illegal burn on some fireworks earlier.
00:55
Truck 6, which was on to earlier.
00:57
Dispatch from Truck 1, 4 and around, but nothing seen on site.
01:00
Copy truck one on Australian route.
01:02
It's near Bancroft St.
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Near Bancroft St.
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Location mentioned:
Near Bancroft St, Des Moines, IA 50315
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