Smoke alarm triggered by burnt popcorn in building, Spearfish SD
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire department responded to a smoke alarm at a building near Canyon Street in Spearfish, South Dakota. They found smoke and haze caused by burnt popcorn in a room. After resetting the alarms, the scene was cleared.
Audio|Heard on: Spearfish PD, Fire, Lawrence Co Sheriff
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03:43
Transcript:
00:00
Interior, command.
00:06
All right,
00:10
they got system silenced.
00:13
You guys fighting anything?
00:19
Nothing on the ticks.
00:23
All right, ten, four.
00:25
When I first walked in, I could smell burnt popcorn, but let's just verify that.
00:44
(name withheld), last name, (name withheld), (name withheld), (name withheld), (name withheld), (name withheld), (name withheld), (name withheld), (name withheld), (name withheld), (name withheld),
00:53
Databird (number withheld).
01:00
Interior command.
01:03
Go ahead.
01:07
Found a lot of haze in room 105, same popcorn smell, so we're going to grab the fan and said it'll eat it.
01:14
10 more, thank you.
01:21
Fine.
01:23
We'll come in and take a look.
01:27
I'll be that.
01:29
9.2.S, 920, 1044.
01:34
Okay.
01:37
Go ahead.
01:42
I'm on East Colorado Boulevard
01:44
near Canyon Street.
01:46
Stand by for 28.
01:50
1040s, Colorado, Canyon.
01:56
Signor with the Spearfish King.
02:04
10-5. 9-209.
02:07
1028.
02:09
What?
02:12
Nebraska farm truck,
02:14
(number withheld).
02:22
And that comes back to a gray ram truck, it's active and clear.
02:32
Control, engine 2 is on scene.
02:37
Engine 2 is 5-09.
02:39
Agent 2, command.
02:45
You go ahead.
02:49
First of all, thanks for your response, and you can go ahead and head back to station too.
02:55
Two copies.
03:01
(number withheld), the bridescue email.
03:07
Last name,
03:09
spelling (name withheld), (name withheld), first name spelling (name withheld), (name withheld), (name withheld), data birth (number withheld).
03:25
All right, during a service of this facility,
03:30
narrowed it down to one room, burnt popcorn was the culprits.
03:34
We got the alarms reset,
03:37
they're holding,
03:38
and we'll go ahead and terminate command, and Captain Tumo will be clear this call.
03:42
It's been available.
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Location mentioned:
Canyon St, Spearfish, SD 57783
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