Apartment smoky after oven fire in Des Moines, Des Moines IA


Radio dispatch sends fire units to an apartment near East Porter Ave in Des Moines after something in the oven may have caught fire. Crews report no active flames but heavy smoke in the unit, and the oven has been turned off. The audio includes unit assignments and weather information.
Audio|Source: Des Moines Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
Gen 10, near East Porter Ave on an investigation. Engine 10, respond to fire ground 5. Again, response to ground 5. 2-1 is available. Grab me. Engine 10, you're going to near East Porter Ave, building 2, unit 21. (name withheld) had something in the oven that possibly caught fire. The apartment is very smoky. They have turned the oven off. There is no active fire now, but the smoke remains. Wind northwest at 10 miles per hour.
Gen 10, near East Porter Ave on an investigation. Engine 10, respond to fire ground 5. Again, response to ground 5. 2-1 is available. Grab me. Engine 10, you're going to near East Porter Ave, building 2, unit 21. (name withheld) had something in the oven that possibly caught fire. The apartment is very smoky. They have turned the oven off. There is no active fire now, but the smoke remains. Wind northwest at 10 miles per hour.
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Near E Porter Ave, Des Moines, IA 50320
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