Controlled burn barrel emitting smoke in backyard near High Street, Grinnell IA
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Fire & ArsonOfficers responded to reports of smoke odor near 720 High Street. They found a controlled burn barrel emitting smoke in a backyard. The fire was contained and posed no danger to nearby structures.
Audio|Heard on: Poweshiek County Public Safety
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02:39
Transcript:
00:00
You know that you turn on the wire over there.
00:04
Yeah, it's important.
00:09
Got a little whiff of it over here on High Street as well,
00:12
but there was one night, a while back, Honeycutt and I chased the smell in this same area for an hour and never did find it.
00:21
I've seen people back here with burn barrels that burn.
00:25
I think it is something more than just a wood stove, but I don't think it's a structure fire.
00:32
Yeah, I could see the smoke through your flashlight game.
00:40
My guess is so many probably burning trash at night.
00:44
What makes I get away with it without anybody else?
00:51
I think one of those yards there to your right is where I've seen the guy with the burn barrel before maybe packing that chain link.
01:04
Yeah, look at it back here in the yard with the chain link fence.
01:10
Looks like a very controlled slow burn and some sort of barrel or ring.
01:21
Also got a wood stove here burning to your left on the top of that white house.
01:31
Likely a combination of the two.
01:36
Yeah, I can smell wood stove.
01:39
Yeah, I need 216.
01:43
215.
01:45
So we located a burn barrel here in one of the backyards that is still smoldering and smoking.
01:52
This is likely where our smell is getting from.
01:58
Never.
02:01
It looks contained.
02:03
No concerns of it go on anywhere, so we'll be tending.
02:11
No, reached six.
02:18
216, go ahead.
02:21
If you could just add 720 High Street to that call.
02:32
Signs laying in their backyard that look like they might belong to the city, so we won't follow up on that.
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Location mentioned:
High St, Grinnell, IA 50112
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