Garbage truck fire at business on West San Marnan

Heard on: Black Hawk County Fire and EMS

02:14

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

00:00

Three hundred and six, respond to passenger vehicle fire at (number withheld) West San Marnan Drive.

00:07

Cross streets are and bertha on west four.

00:10

Three hundred and six, respond to passenger vehicle fire at (number withheld) West San Marnan Drive.

00:18

Cross streets are and bertha on west four.

00:21

01:04

Six, you are going to the VGM group, (number withheld) West San Marnan Drive.

01:10

We have a garbage truck on fire, active flames.

01:12

It's a waste management truck at VGM group, (number withheld) West San Martin.

01:22

Ten four, are there any exposures? Something away from anything?

01:31

I'll have to call back.

01:32

Our dispatcher has left already.

01:36

Send a 2nd shot, please.

01:52

Three hundred and two, respond to passenger vehicle fire at (number withheld) West Fleming Drive, cross street Collinsboro and West Four.

02:04

Three hundred and two, respond to passenger vehicle fire at (number withheld) West Fleming Drive, cross street Collinsboro and West Four.

7/14/2026 08:53 AM

Fire

Van Miller Wy, Waterloo, IA 50701

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 reported garbage truck fire with active flames near a commercial facility on West San Marnan and West Fleming drives in Waterloo. The burning vehicle appears to be a waste management truck at the VGM Group location.