Smoke caused by burned food in elderly housing building, Lincoln NE

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/8/2025 03:48 PM

Near N 22nd St, Lincoln, NE 68503

Firefighters responded to smoke reported at Malone Manor, a three-story elderly housing building near North 22nd Street. Initially, white smoke was observed in a hallway on the first floor. The source was found to be a burned omelet in unit 113. No fire, evacuation, or injuries occurred during the incident.

Audio|Source: Lincoln Fire and Rescue

01:48

Transcript:

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Battalion 1, Engine 1, Engine 2, and Truck 1.

00:04

Zone 2 Fire Bravo[1] near North 22nd Street.

00:10

Respond on TAC 3[2]

00:13

Battalion 1, Engine 1, Engine 2, and Truck 1.

00:17

Respond 2. Zone 2.

00:19

Fire Bravo[1].

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Near North 22nd Street.

00:24

Respond on TAC 3[2].

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Engine 1, Engine 2, Truck 1 came in as a fire bravo zone 2 Malone Manor at near North 22nd. Caller initially saw white smoke in the first floor hallway. Unknown source has since determined that it is a burned omelet from unit 113 you have type 3.

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Truck 1, allocation, three-story,

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feet of size, elderly,

01:11

living silly, nothing showing, got no evacuation in progress.

01:14

Truck 1 is going to establish the one-minute command,

01:17

will be in the offensive strategy investigating with the watercane.

01:21

In one stage.

01:30

I want an engine one stage and I copy the truck one as command of a three-story elderly housing unit, medium-sized, no evacuation, beginning investigation, the offensive strategy.

01:46

Engine one's on location stage.

Police codes explained

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

[1]

Fire Bravo: Moderate-priority fire response requiring timely but not immediate action.

[2]

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

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Near N 22nd St, Lincoln, NE 68503

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