Vegetation fire with propane explosions at Iowa City park, Iowa City IA
Fire & ArsonA vegetation fire occurred near Meskwaki Park in Iowa City with multiple propane tanks exploding. There were reports of people in a nearby camp area and difficulty accessing the fire due to terrain. Fire units responded to extinguish the flames and ensure safety.
Audio|Source: Johnson County Fire/EMS
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Transcript:
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Engine 2. J-CAS 1-3.
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Respond to vegetation fire.
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Meskwaki Park near McAllister Boulevard, Iowa City.
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Cross streets are Old Highway 218 South.
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Engine 2. J-TAS 1-3.
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Respond to vegetation fire.
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Meskwaki Park near McAllister Boulevard, Iowa City.
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Cross streets Old Highway 218 South.
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23, that means?
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Attention county cars, special attention.
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Highway 151 eastbound, at the intersection of Springville Road.
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A gray Chevy Impala with red and white license plates is cutting people off, swerving all around the road.
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Again,
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at Highway 151 at the Springvale Road, eastbound.
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If down, make your own case, 1527.
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Two, zone six.
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Engine two, you're headed to Meskwaki Park near McAllister Boulevard.
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The site has a large fire and trees near the transient area of the park.
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J-Comp for 194.
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All right.
01:34
Can you send our time to that call please?
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Sound 4.
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City Fire, 52-15 on 6.
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This engine 2.
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2.
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How are you going to be able to access this? We came in off McAllister through where city dumps all are concrete and brush and whatnot.
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It is very soft.
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You're not going to be able to get heavy trucks back here.
02:05
I came down to a trail at the furthest southeast point.
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And a woman reported that the whole area is on fire, trees and everything.
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I can hear at least propane tanks that are exploding.
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And she said that there are animals and whatnot down there.
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I don't know what there is for people still in the area.
02:23
To acknowledge, look down there and check it out.
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What would you say?
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Roughly the size of the fire was being used to me.
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I have a scene fire.
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We can't really tell.
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You can see it, it looks like it's almost directly on the bank of the river.
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We can't get close enough to it to see how big it actually is, but there's a lot of smoke.
02:51
To acknowledge.
02:53
Jake on front-line engine, too.
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You dispatch a battalion and engine one sources.
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Confirm battalion and engine one.
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Engine 1, and Battalion Chief.
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J-CAT 1-3. Respond to vegetation fire.
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Meskwaki Park.
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Near McAllister Boulevard, Iowa City.
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Cross streets are Old Highway 218 South.
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Engine 1, and Battalion Chief, Jtaph 1-3.
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Respond to vegetation fire, Meskwaki Park near McAllister Boulevard, Iowa City, Cross Streets Old Highway 218 South.
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Iowa City Fire from 502-7-on-6.
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Engine two.
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We're talking to subjects in here.
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They're advising that there are approximately four to six people that typically reside in the area where this fire is.
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I'm not sure who's accounted for and who's unaccounted for.
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Hey, gosh.
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Jaycom, Italian en route, on 6, or my NBC's down, can you try my time size?
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10-4 in-row.
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Jake, I'm 5250-15.
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Jake, I'm engine one's responding to the vegetation fire.
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Do we have an event for that?
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Saycom, 52-15 and on 6?
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All right.
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I'm going to be in service for this fire.
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7 and 41 are still on scene.
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They're trying to figure out a better access.
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There are at least four people that are still in the camp area down there somewhere.
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Jaycott mentioned one.
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All right.
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We're responding to the vegetation fire.
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Can you confirm the event channel for me, please?
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Sorry, I've had six.
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I was a city training center from the battalion.
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Copy, Brown, six.
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I was a city train center from the Italian, just wondering if our gator is ready with the brush rig.
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Take on that at 32.
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All right.
05:44
The Italian fell into a negative and it's located in a patient too.
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You can close out that last transfer and put us en route downtown for a transfer downtown to Main.
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Cut.
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Copy downtown, I mean.
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Engine 2 from 5027.
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Engine 2. Engine 2.
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The fire is one campsite area, approximately 30 foot in diameter.
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There are several flammable sources.
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We still have propane tanks and the fuel source is igniting.
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Not seeing that there is anybody,
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any patients or anything at this point.
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To acknowledge.
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The time from engine 2, we went in the entrance of Meskwaki Park where we do training.
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Looks like it's directly south,
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at least 100 yards south of the gravel lot.
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Italian cops.
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There's a goat path directly south of where my squad car is parked.
07:00
It's about the only way in.
07:02
You're probably not going to get any engines or anything, so you might have to either pull line or if you have a UTV, it's probably going to be the best way to get to it.
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Good knowledge.
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Location mentioned:
Hubbard Park, Iowa City, IA 52245
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