Residential house fire with heavy smoke reported, Le Mars IA
Fire & ArsonA residential house near Sedona Hills Drive South caught fire, producing visible flames and heavy black smoke. Firefighters responded promptly. It is unknown if anyone was inside, but neighbors reported the owners were not home and that a dog and cat could be inside. The fire involved the rear and roof line of a two-story structure, and precautions were taken to secure an underground propane tank.
Audio|Source: Le Mars Fire and Rescue
06:33
Transcript:
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Omar Fire at you,
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11, near Sedona Hills Drive South,
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Residential fire.
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Lamar Fire at you near Sedona Hill South,
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for residential fire.
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Lamar, fire at you near Sedona Hill South for residents on fire, 1844.
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County force fire, jet board, call on 20 field, please about.
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303 and out 1844.
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1st3 and out 1844.
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Once in route.
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2.300s in route.
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104. Caller, first caller advise.
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Flames are coming out of a window on the side of the house.
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Unknown if occupied at this time.
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104. I got visual from Little League Fields, Highway 3.
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Lovaghani, give me a second page for that, please.
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I don't need aerial 91.
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Request for a second page near Sedona Hill, second page requested 1845.
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Public County, 1910, also give you a main American gas and electrics coming, please.
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Before.
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22 round full crew.
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Copy 22. This is going to be the South Sedona Street, the South one.
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Copy the South Sedona Street.
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Heavy black smoke from Loves, heavy black smoke.
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Captain Ed, I'm looking to be on. I've just come from the bus.
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I've got heavy fire out the rear of the house up into the roof line.
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Cleveland County, 2,300 and beyond scene, start Orange City this way as well.
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104, starting Orange City.
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Okay,
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22, you're going to pull up right in front of the house, so you got a hydrant, it'll be right in front of your truck, right on the south side of their driveway.
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This is a full size, two-story in the back,
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almost three and a one-story in the front.
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So did you copy strike.
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Mr. Hunter, Plymouth County.
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Mr. Hunter, Plymouth County.
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Go ahead.
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Mike Rander, are you requesting anything specific?
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They know what to bring, just get them in route.
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And I want them to come to the scene.
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To the scene, just tell them to come all the way down to the 116 and get off. They'll see it.
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Ten, four.
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Woody, can you copy me on County?
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Go ahead.
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You do the 360 for me there. When you get around that north side, shut that 500-gallon underground propane tank off.
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It should be alongside the north side of the house.
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Copy that.
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It's buried in the ground.
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It should be up on the northeast corner somewhere in there, I think.
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If I remember, right?
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24.
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We'll go to State Fire everybody when you get in here. State Fire.
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3,1069. 2 County Foreign City.
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1014.
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104 as well as Mid-American.
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Copy, also Mid-American. Break. 22, Chief.
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Point two, go ahead.
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Put your truck at the driveway.
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Truck at the driveway. Blue line to the back of the house. This is going to be defensive to start with.
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Defensive to start with, we're going to hit it from the heart from the yard, and then we'll make entry. We've got to get it on the backside first.
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Copy, blue line to the rear of the structure.
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Spark at the driveway.
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Yep, and your, uh,
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officer, your driver can make his hydrant.
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22 copies.
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Plymouth County, 2,300.
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Trana, go ahead.
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Neighbor talk to the owners. They're not here. We do maybe have a dog and a cat inside,
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but it should be unoccupied.
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10-4[1]. Nobody in the residence, 1851.
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Copy, I got one firefighter system driver.
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I got four, one goal to rear.
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It's...
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22 on scene switches fire.
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Choice wherever from 27 on it's central.
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Go ahead.
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You know if you copy us around, we are southbound on the Key Avenue of Highway 3 right now with 4.
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Okay, yeah, I want to take you right up behind 7, right in front of the house.
Police codes explained
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10-4: Acknowledgment (Message received / OK)
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Location mentioned:
Sedona Hills S, Le Mars, IA 51031
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