Burnt popcorn triggers high school fire alarm

Heard on: Marion County Public Safety

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Melcher Dallas Fire, Melcher Dallas Fire, you're needed at Melcher Dallas High School, (number withheld) South Main Street, for a fire alarm in area 154 storage room smoke detector.

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Melcher-Dallas Fire, Melcher-Dallas Fire.

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You're needed at (number withheld) South Main Street.

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(number withheld) South Main Street is going to be the Melcher-Dallas High School for a fire alarm.

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Area 154 storage room smoke detector is going off.

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County 20, I'll be out with 15.

00:54

Did you go in?

00:58

Yeah, I got nothing showing at the high school.

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I do not have evacuation.

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I'm gonna head to the station.

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152, I just got called by primary security.

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They called to cancel the alarm.

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They made contact with (name withheld) and said it was just burnt popcorn.

2026-09-17 16:16 UTC

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S Main St, Melcher-Dallas, IA 50163

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were dispatched to a high school on South Main Street for a reported fire alarm in a storage room. The alarm was later canceled after security contacted a staff member who said it was caused by burnt popcorn.

Burnt popcorn triggers high school fire alarm

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