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Small yard fire extinguished near Ellis StCape Girardeau MO

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S Ellis St, Cape Girardeau, MO 63703

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews investigated a report of smoke near Spring and Walnut. They located a small yard waste fire near Ellis Street. The homeowner was advised of the city's burning ordinance and extinguished the fire. No injuries or property damage were reported.

Audio|Heard on: Cape County Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
02:18
Transcript:
00:00
Ladder one, stand by for a still alarm.
00:01
Spring and Walnut, south side of this area, smell smoke and something burning in the area.
00:13
Pickup truck advising he's across the street from some storage shed before PNG, sitting there in Freeland.
00:23
If you had passed a pickup truck.
00:30
Engine 41 copy, we're going to be going back to 177.
00:34
Advise the caller just stay at his location.
00:40
Ten four, engine forty-one, 18 fifty-five.
00:47
Search and ladder one's going out.
00:50
Ladder one, check the area of Spring and Walnut for something burning in the area.
00:54
Eighteen fifty-six.
00:59
County show thirty-six 40, log that.
01:04
Thirty-six forty-eight to fifty-six.
01:10
City engine 41, are you still on the phone with the caller?
01:16
Negative, engine 41.
01:21
Engine 41 received.
01:22
Unit one hundred and one is in the area investigating.
01:25
Unit one hundred and one in the area investigating, time 18:59.
01:31
Received on scene with command 19:01.
01:40
You want to show also CCPA on scene?
01:44
Copy also ambulance on scene 19:02.
01:52
Central ladder one.
01:55
Ladder one.
01:57
We located a small pile of yard waste burning.
02:01
Near Ellis St.
02:04
The homeowner has been advised of the city burning ordinance.
02:07
Extinguishing the fire and we're in service.
02:12
Received, located an apparent illegal burn near Ellis St at 19:02.

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S Ellis St, Cape Girardeau, MO 63703
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