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Smoke alarm triggered by burnt food at residenceColumbus IN

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N Powell Rd, Columbus, IN 47201

Fire crews responded to a smoke alarm activation near Powell Drive in Columbus. The alarm was caused by burnt food while cooking hamburgers. No fire was found and the scene was cleared.

Audio|Heard on: Brown County Fire Dispatch
Listen to dispatch call
03:22
Transcript:
00:00
Attention,
00:01
Nashville Fire, Hamlet Fire, Southern Brown Fire, Nashville Fire, Handman Fire, Southern Brown Fire, is 1-2-near Powell Drive for a fire alarm.
00:11
It's going to be the kitchen smoke detector,
00:13
RPA-5-0, unable to make contact with the keyholder.
00:20
Brown County Station 4 is clear.
00:25
Okay, yeah.
00:26
Okay, cool.
00:31
County 801 responding to station.
00:36
801. 801.
00:40
Run County,
00:41
818 responding to station.
00:45
818. 818.
00:49
County fire.
00:51
Truck 41.
00:55
Truck 41. Truck 41.
00:58
Yeah, I'm on Hooper Road passing Georgetown now.
01:03
I'll go ahead and go up there and see if I can get an eye on for you.
01:26
Tension, natural fire, fruit off-fire, second time for Nashville, first of Fruitdale, and second-toms for Nashville, first of Fruitdale, respond to the check-1-2-near Powell Drive, again 1-2-near Powell Drive for a smoke alarm from the kitchen smoke detector.
01:48
Counting agent 41, taker 402 is in route.
01:54
Click.
01:59
We're out kind of one of the result of being around.
02:03
Fine, there you go.
02:05
90361 in route, correct?
02:11
461. Any fire truck 41 is on scene.
02:18
At this present time, no smoke showing, no flame showing.
02:21
Light tone in the house, we're going to knock on the door.
02:26
We're going to knock on the door.
02:28
Quill. 401,
02:32
tanker 42.
02:37
Fire Truck 41.
02:43
Truck, please.
02:44
Yes,
02:47
we talked to the homeowner.
02:48
She said she was cooking hamburgers and they burnt.
02:51
The smoke is what set it off and she thought she had shut it off.
02:55
So everything is looking good here.
02:57
You can go ahead and disregard everybody.
03:01
All units responding to the fire alarm, will you clear on truck 41's traffic?
03:08
Station 3 is clear on disregard.
03:13
Station 8, clear on disregard.
03:17
Tanker 42, clear.
03:21
361, clear.

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N Powell Rd, Columbus, IN 47201

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