Unattended brush fire burns near 280th Avenue in DeWitt, Dewitt IA


An unattended brush pile fire was reported burning in the ditch near 280th Avenue in DeWitt during a burn ban and dry conditions. Fire and law enforcement were dispatched to the scene. There was no one found nearby and the fire was close to a harvested bean field.
Audio|Source: Clinton City Fire and Police
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Transcript:
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We're gonna dispatch fire to 280th Avenue just south of 190th Street burning something in the ditch here.
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Copy 280th Avenue south of 190th Street.
00:20
Sun 4. I know I'm hand it up there. Negative.
00:28
104.
00:34
Lawson, 236, it's going to be in the ditch of near 280th Avenue.
00:54
Welcome fire! Welcome fire! We need from near 280th Avenue in Witt repeating near 180th Avenue in Witt.
01:04
We have a deputy on team involving someone's burning something in which as far as we're aware of the bill of armed band, Highman, 1225.
01:24
It's a little more info. It looks like a brush pile that's on fire.
01:29
Nobody around here, I haven't found anybody in on the building site yet, but there's a picked bean field just immediately downwind of this thing. So just wait for the fire department.
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Location mentioned:
Near 280th Ave, DeWitt, IA 52742
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