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Heard on: Des Moines Fire/EMS · 6 days ago
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Engine four, forty-two eleven Shawnee, (number withheld) Shawnee on an invest.
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How do we go responsible? On fire ground five, time off 18 fifty-one.
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Fire crews check smoke odor on Shawnee Ave

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire teams investigated a possible burning smell at a two‑story apartment near Shawnee Avenue in Des Moines. An elderly woman reported a plastic odor in her living room persisting for several days. The situation appeared to involve light smoke or odor but no active fire was confirmed.

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Shawnee Ave, Des Moines, IA 50310
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