Large fire at Fort Des Moines Park being extinguished, Des Moines IA
Fire & ArsonFirefighters found a large unattended fire in the woods at Fort Des Moines Park. The fire seemed related to a controlled burn but was big and near no hydrants, so they extinguished it to prevent damage.
Audio|Source: Des Moines Fire/EMS
03:10
Transcript:
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Dispatched. Injitpins arrived, we're in the park off of south-east Des Moines Park.
00:05
We found a large fire back in the woods.
00:06
We're going to investigate this and put it out.
00:08
Copy that. Would you like another apparatus?
00:10
Let me get back here and check it out.
00:12
We might, just because of how big it is and there's no hydrants really close.
00:15
I'll give me about five minutes.
00:16
I'll let you know. Copy.
00:17
Two runs to go out, repeat two runs to go out.
00:21
Truck 9, 6315 Hickman Road, 635 Hickman Road on an illegal burn.
00:26
The Response 1 on Channel 5, and engine 8, 6705, Southeast 5th Street, 6705, Southeast 5th Street for a smoke odor invest.
00:37
The response 1 on Channel 5, to timeout 2033.
00:40
Go ahead.
00:41
Hey, I got engine 8 and truck 8 headed to 6705 southeast 5th.
00:45
We had a caller advised that she was some other smoke in her building.
00:48
I think it might be related to yours, but if not, we got some chaperias headed nearby.
00:52
Copy. We've drove all that area and found nothing that led us over to here.
00:56
So it is this area.
00:57
Oh, does it give me just another minute here?
00:58
Gavin. Goffey.
00:59
Looks like we can definitely put this out on our own guys.
01:02
You can cancel the engine and truck coming.
01:04
This is definitely related.
01:05
Copy that, I'll let them know.
01:07
Stationally, copies. We'll leave back in the house.
01:08
Copy that, thank you.
01:09
Truck 9, you head up to 6315 Hickman Road for an illegal burn.
01:13
Got a call from someone on the bottom floor says in the middle of the two buildings here, there's somebody having a bonfire.
01:20
Went out of the southeast at 3 miles per hour.
01:22
Truck 9, copy.
01:23
Water.
01:24
Dispatch, Engine 10. If you can just note, it looks like a truck has backed in here and been working back here.
01:29
They've dumped stuff. There's tracks.
01:30
Chainfaws have been cutting this up.
01:31
This has been burning for quite some time.
01:33
Yeah, be that.
01:34
Engine 10, we're ready for water.
01:35
Bolton, ready for water.
01:36
It's best engineton.
01:38
Go ahead. When we came in for shift change, we were made aware that there was a controlled burn at Fort Des Moines Park.
01:44
This might be the same one in the same?
01:46
I would say 100% it is.
01:48
We're going to go ahead and put it out.
01:49
Copy that, thank you.
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Location mentioned:
Fort Des Moines Park, 7200 SE 5th St, Des Moines, IA 50315
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