Laundry room fire at apartment building in Oelwein

Heard on: Fayette County Fire

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Attention Olwin Fire Department, I need you at the Meadows in Oelwein.

00:03

That address, 413th Ave Northwest, the 1st building.

00:07

Again, the 1st building at the Meadows.

00:10

The laundry room is on fire.

00:12

It's behind the locked door.

00:13

They are evacuating the building at this time.

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Again, I need you at the Meadows in Oelwein, 413th Ave Northwest, building (number withheld).

00:21

It's going to be the laundry room that's on fire behind the locked door.

00:25

They're evacuating the building.

00:26

Okay, coming clear.

00:27

Sixteen zero four.

00:35

Attention, Mercy Oelwein Ambulance.

00:37

We have a fire in Olin at the Meadows.

00:39

That address, 413th Ave Northwest.

00:41

Again, at the Meadows in Olin, 413th Ave Northwest is going to be building (number withheld).

00:47

The laundry room is on fire.

00:49

No injuries to report at this time.

2026-10-28 21:04 UTC

Fire

13th Ave NW, Oelwein, IA 50662

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews and an ambulance were dispatched to a reported laundry room fire behind a locked door at an apartment building in Oelwein, with the building being evacuated and no injuries reported at that time.