School hot water heater fire extinguished

Heard on: Dent County Fire Protection District

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units on scene are advising that the fire could possibly be in the roof.

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Building has been evacuated at

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1601 South Doss Road.

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Dent County 8010.

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Go ahead, 8010.

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Showing 8010 en route to Upper Elementary on Doss Road, crew four.

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Ten four, 8010 .

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If you would, when you go to the scene, report to the rear of the structure.

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Received.

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Eight hundred and one, Dent County.

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Go ahead.

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Dent County, can I get a status update on the fire, please?

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Stand by.

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Dent County 801.

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Go ahead.

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At this time, according to SPD units on scene, the fire was along the hot water heater.

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The fire itself has been extinguished at this time.

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However, there's still the presence of the smell of wires burning.

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Copy that. Can you notify city electric too just to have them on standby? Never mind, they're already here.

2026-10-19 14:13 UTC

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Doss Rd, Salem, MO 65560

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a reported fire at a school on South Doss Road in Salem. The building was evacuated, and the fire was later reported to be along a hot water heater and extinguished, though a smell of burning wires remained. City electric was already on scene.

School hot water heater fire extinguished

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