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Black smoke reported near homeless camp by river in Topeka, Topeka KS

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Topeka, KS

Firefighters are investigating black smoke coming from a construction area near the south side of the river, west of the UP railroad tracks, close to a large homeless camp in Topeka, Kansas.

Audio|Source: Topeka and Shawnee County Fire Departments
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Transcript:
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Engine 3 responds to the 100 Southwest Block of Van Buren Street for a smoke investigation.
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Engine 3 respond 100 South West Van Buren Street for black smoke coming from the construction area.
00:19
Work on fire ops 3, Alpha 3, timeout 1626.
00:32
Just left to EM6.
00:42
Just match to EM6.
00:53
It looks like it's a between here and the river.
00:57
Never, thank you.
01:07
Car 6 engine 3.
01:12
Good.
01:15
I'm in the back side of the public workshop right now.
01:19
It appears this is on the south side of the river west of the UP railroad tracks along the riverbank where that big homeless camp is.
01:30
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