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False vehicle fire alarm at Taco Bell caused by tire smokeAmes IA

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Near S Duff Ave, Ames, IA 50010

A vehicle was reported to be on fire near Taco Bell on S Duff Avenue. Upon arrival, responders found no fire. The smoke came from tires, causing a false alarm.

Audio|Source: City of Ames Fire and EMS
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Vehicle fire, truck 1, near S Duff Avenue, Taco Bell, cross off southeast 3rd Street and 7th Street. Vehicle Fire, near S Duff Avenue, Taco Bell.
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Ames Rescue 3?
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Go ahead.
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Can you add Rescue 3 in that vehicle fire? You can show us in route?
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Happy. It'll be a white Toyota Tundra in the drive-through of the Taco Bell.
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Reports stating that there is a fire, I'm sure if it's a vehicle on fire,
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or the ground around it, obviously on scene for disorderly as well, it would advise more.
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Copy.
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Tower one.
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Go ahead.
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You can disregard false alarm, the show coming from the vehicle is not a fire, and the rubber from the tires.
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...over from the tires.

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Near S Duff Ave, Ames, IA 50010
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