Kitchen fire alarm activation near Opal Street

Heard on: Union County Public Safety

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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.

00:00

Attention Afton Fire, attention Afton Fire.

00:03

You're needed at (number withheld) Opal Street, (number withheld) Opal Street, for a fire alarm going off.

00:12

It says it's 129 kitchen alarm.

00:19

Union County 34.

00:24

Go ahead.

00:27

Have you talked to any of the staff there yet?

00:33

Continental Alarm Company just called back, said they talked to staff.

00:37

They think it's a possible fire alarm, but they're unsure.

00:45

10-4, I'm going to be en route out there.

00:48

If any of my guys go en route, just tell them to wait at the station, please.

00:53

10-4.

00:59

Okay, 34, I'll be 23.

01:00

There's nothing showing, I'll get out and talk to somebody.

01:04

10-4, 34.

01:10

34 from Hastings Fire.

01:16

Fire from Union County.

01:21

Yeah, I was trying to get in contact with 34 to see if you wanted Afton Fire to go on standby or go ahead and go en route.

01:29

34 requested that you be on standby at the station.

8/27/2026 12:47 PM

Fire

Opal St, Afton, IA 50830

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were dispatched to a business on Opal Street in Afton for a reported kitchen fire alarm. Staff and the alarm company reported a possible fire alarm, but responding units found nothing showing and the local fire department remained on standby at the station.