Structure fire reported near Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy, Des Moines IA
Fire & ArsonA fire started as an illegal burn near Martin Luther King Jr Parkway and escalated to a structure fire across from the Clarkson Avenue apartments. Multiple fire and EMS units responded to the scene.
Audio|Source: Des Moines Fire/EMS
02:17
Transcript:
00:00
Did you guys locate this fire?
00:06
Ingen 9, if you can hear me, I can't hear you.
00:14
Ingen 9, we just took another call that this fire is allegedly across from the Clarkson Avenue.
00:23
Dismas from engine 9.
00:26
Go ahead.
00:31
Evidently my radio and my vehicle will not work. It's not portable.
00:37
You said 24,
00:40
25,
00:41
MOK.
00:43
Yep, now we took another call that the building's on fire now. Allegedly this fire is across from the Clarkson Avenue apartments, near Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy.
00:53
I'll get a full structure going.
00:57
Copy.
01:04
DC1, Engine 4, Engine 7.
01:08
Medic 7, Medic 9, Truck 1, Truck 9. This is now a structure.
01:14
Near Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy, near Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy.
01:18
Our response 3 on Channel 5 at 2142.
01:26
Dispatch Medics 6, Clear of Blue 3, return to channel 1.
01:31
Copy.
01:36
Medics 7 arrived. We were flagged down by a bystander east at the camp, back in the trees,
01:42
to the east of the apartments.
01:45
Go to Channel 5, please, Metax 7.
01:53
One and all responding apparatus, but near Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy, near Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy on the east side of the road. It started as an illegal burn and now there's a structure on fire.
02:11
And DC1,
02:12
just to let you know, DC2 is on a mutual aid in Altoona, so you're the only BC.
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Location mentioned:
Near Martin Luther King Jr Pkwy, Des Moines, IA 50310
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