Gray SUV Smokes Near McDonald's Gas Pump, Lincoln NE

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/4/2025 02:28 PM

Near K St, Lincoln, NE 68510

Fire crews responded to heavy smoke coming from a gray SUV parked by a gas pump near McDonald's at near K Street. The vehicle drove away while still smoking. Occupants were evacuated and fire personnel investigated for possible fire or hazardous fluids.

Audio|Source: Lincoln Fire and Rescue

02:12

Transcript:

00:00

Alien 1, Engine 1, Engine 5, and Truck 8.

00:04

Zone 52. Fire Bravo[1].

00:07

At near K Street.

00:09

Respond on Tech 3.

00:12

Battalion 1, Engine 1, Engine 5, and Truck 8. Respond 2. Zone 52.

00:19

Fire Bravo[1].

00:20

At near K Street.

00:23

Respond on TAC 3[2].

00:29

Dispatch, the Italian 1 Engine 1 Engine 5, Truck 8. Apparently the vehicle is driving away now, still smoking heavily.

00:41

Preetz and Ralph.

00:46

All year, it's initially a fire, Bravo, Zone 5-2 at the McDonald's near K Street.

00:52

And putting on location reporting, heavy smoke coming from a gray vehicle parked by a gas pump.

00:57

The vehicle is now driving away and is currently at near 21st and all is going in. Okay, you still need it, you have tech for you.

01:09

If you want to receive headway area, the way version now, it looks like we got maybe smoke in the area and keep looking.

01:19

Clear.

01:22

Good Forest Service.

01:24

Yeah,

01:26

we got the building here.

01:27

Sorry, vehicle here.

01:35

Structure on location has gray SUV.

01:39

We're getting occupants out.

01:41

Agent 1 on your arrival, go ahead and establish stretch of line.

01:46

We're going to investigate and see what we've got going on here.

01:52

Not on the area. Go ahead and down right after one can keep investigating.

01:59

Both locations stretch the line.

02:04

Truck at the engine 1. When you get on location, we may have some fluid down. Go ahead and prepare to stretch. We're going to investigate.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

Fire Bravo: Moderate-priority fire response requiring timely but not immediate action.

[2]

TAC 3: Tactical radio channel 3 used for operations and incident communications.

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Near K St, Lincoln, NE 68510

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