Small intentional fire reported near Ripple Road house, La Porte City IA


A small fire was reported near a yellow house on Ripple Road. The fire appeared to be set intentionally. A man named (name withheld) confirmed he was burning weeds. Fire units responded and found the fire under control.
Audio|Source: Black Hawk County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Brought to the area of Ripple Road and Leport Road.
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Ripple and Leport Road.
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This is for a fire in the field there.
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They said it's just north of Ripple.
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The R.P.Advisor was a tractor in an adjacent field, but unknown if they are aware of the fire yet.
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RP Advises near Yellow House that VGM owns, which would be near Ripple Road.
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Then Ford.
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854 is a route for 854 did you copy the traffic references call
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854 we copy traffic 822 is also in route 38 is in route ID 38 is in route ID not topics traffic
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38 and route to ripple road and leport road ripple and leport road this is our field fire unknown how big it is at this point they said it's near a yellow house that vgm owns which is near Ripple Road
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Uh, he's cleared.
00:58
60s on scene, a small fire along driveway.
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It looks intentional, but we'll investigate and advise.
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Dr. Pranger's office?
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Yes, 10-4[1].
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I've got (name withheld) on the phone saying that he was burning a bunch of weeds and stuff.
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment (Message received / OK)
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Location mentioned:
Near Ripple Rd, La Porte City, IA 50651
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