Smoke from food processing at Lincoln factory, Lincoln NE

Fire & Arson

Reported: 9/29/2025 05:49 PM

N 1st St & W O St, Lincoln, NE 68528

Smoke was reported coming from a building near North 1st Street and West O Street in Lincoln. A caller saw white smoke but no flames. The smoke was believed to come from normal food processing at a factory nearby. Fire units confirmed there was no fire and downgraded the response.

Audio|Source: Lincoln Fire and Rescue

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Transcript:

00:00

Battalion 1, Battalion 2, Engine 1, Engine 3, Engine 11, Truck 1, Truck 8, Medic 3, Air 14, and Fire Inspector.

00:10

Zone 53, confirmed fire.

00:14

At intersection of North 1st Street and West O Street, respond on TAC 3[1].

00:20

Battalion 1, Battalion 2, Engine 1, Engine 3, Engine 11, Truck 1, Truck 1, Medic 3, Air 14, and Fire Inspector.

00:30

Respond 2. Zone 53, confirmed fire.

00:35

At intersection of North 1st Street and West Doe Street, respond on, TAC 3[1].

00:50

Thank you, 3 and out.

00:55

2.1s, Ralph.

00:58

Andrew wasn't around.

01:03

Okay, and out.

01:09

Injj 3 and round.

01:15

Okay, Jail.

01:19

change in the area.

01:27

Battalion 1 was down?

01:28

Air 14 is in route.

01:30

Battalion Chiefs, Engine 3, Engine 1, Engine 11, Truck 1, Truck 1, Truck 8, Air 14, Medic, Spectre Schweitzer, Verifying Delta Response Zone 53, Fire Sea,

01:41

North First and West O Street on the north side.

01:43

Call reported seeing white smoke coming from a building,

01:47

no flames, possibly near the O'Reilly's, you're on Tech Free, Tech Free.

01:55

It's into three's allocation in the area.

01:57

We've got,

01:58

I would say, normal food processing smoke coming from Smithfield.

02:02

That appears to be the problem.

02:04

Units downgrade, and we're going to confirm,

02:06

Ninja 3 is command.

Police codes explained

The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:

[1]

TAC 3: Tactical radio channel 3 used for operations and incident communications.

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Location mentioned:

N 1st St & W O St, Lincoln, NE 68528

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Smoke was reported coming from a building near North 1st Street and West O Street in Lincoln. A caller saw white smoke but no flames. The smoke was believed to come from normal food processing at a factory nearby. Fire units confirmed there was no fire and downgraded the response.

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