Controlled burn of old barn on Mill Creek Road

Heard on: Maquoketa Area 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

I know it was outside your jurisdiction, but I had someone call in from the high school that they see a lot of black smoke and I believe it's a structure fire.

00:10

I think it's on Mill Creek Road.

00:11

I do have a controlled burn at (number withheld) Mill Creek Road, but he just told me it's a lumber.

00:19

Do you see a building on fire?

00:27

I'm out of position right now.

00:28

I'll head that way.

00:31

Yeah, I'll turn it 32.

00:38

1222.

00:45

22.

00:49

Yeah, 10-4, it was going to be a barn on fire.

00:53

I'm guessing they wanted that if they're not calling anything in.

00:58

Yeah, 10-4, I just spoke to him.

01:01

He keeps saying that's just where the wood is, but I guess he is just burning a barn.

01:06

Says thing.

01:11

Ten four, it's going to be a secondary old building.

01:14

It's pretty good distance from the house.

6/26/2026 03:04 PM

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Mill Creek Rd, Bellevue, IA 52031

Controlled burn of old barn on Mill Creek Road

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatchers received a report of heavy black smoke near Mill Creek Road, initially believed to be a structure fire. Units checked the area and it appears to be a planned burn of an old secondary barn or lumber building a good distance from the nearby house.

Controlled burn of old barn on Mill Creek Road

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