Smoke alarm triggers at Target store in Ames, Ames IA


A smoke alarm was triggered at the Target store near South Duff Avenue in Ames. There was no visible fire or smoke outside. The alarm may have been caused by a power outage. Fire crews are investigating as a precaution.
Audio|Source: City of Ames Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
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Automatic alarm.
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Truck 1 near South Duff Avenue.
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Target, cross of southeast 3rd Street and southeast 5th Street.
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Automatic alarm.
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Near South Duff Avenue.
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Target.
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The tower one?
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It's tower one.
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Tower one.
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Tower one's in a row, so target for a lot of that one.
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Obviously,
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This is on 148, rooftop unit number 20 smoke detector.
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Tower One for me.
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The shower.
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It's a shower on your later.
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I've been told that the power plant has turned off the electric that goes to target, which could be causing alarms to go off.
01:18
But if you could still go investigate just in case, this was considered called it as a smoke alarm.
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Okay.
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This guy's tower one.
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Tower one.
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Tower lines on scene, you know, visible from the exterior at this time.
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Tower lines will have to have prepared and investigate.
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Location mentioned:
Near S Duff Ave, Ames, IA 50010
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