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Three youths start fire cutting trees in parkWest Des Moines IA

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Raccoon River Park, 2500 Grand Ave, West Des Moines, IA 50265

Three youths used power tools to cut trees in Raccoon River Park and started a fire causing smoke on the southeast end of the park.

Audio|Source: Westcom Police Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Recton River Park and an outside fire.
00:02
Colorsifies that there are three younger kids using power tools to cut down trees and they started a fire.
00:07
They saw some smoke but no flames.
00:09
Copy, can I try to get a better location for where out in the parks are gone?
00:13
They said on the southeast end of the park, on the peninsula, or it usually has a buoy that says no one past this point.
00:19
Copy, thank you.

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Raccoon River Park, 2500 Grand Ave, West Des Moines, IA 50265

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