Fire alarm sounding at residence with smoke odor reported, Marshalltown IA


A fire alarm at a house on Sugar Plum Place kept sounding. A deputy at the scene reported a smoke smell. The alarm was caused by burnt food, although the occupants said they were not cooking. No flames or visible smoke were found.
Audio|Source: Marshall County Public Safety Dispatch
02:20
Transcript:
00:00
I don't know. Engine 171 and ladder 175.
00:12
Fire alarm, 308. Sugar Plum Place.
00:16
Engine 171 and ladder 175.
00:20
Fire alarm,
00:21
308. Sugar Plum Place.
00:24
Smoke detector keeps going off. Time out.
00:27
(number withheld).
00:35
Thank you.
00:39
Rescue 177 and Unity Point Nublience.
00:43
Lift assist, 206 Nicholas Drive.
00:47
Rescue 177 and Unity Point Nublience.
00:51
Lift assist, 206 Nicholas Drive.
00:55
Apartment 61 female foot out of chair and cannot get her up. Fox fellows.
01:01
Time out. (number withheld).
01:09
An engine 131.
01:13
Thank you, go ahead.
01:21
We just had medical call on this. I mean you guys will have anybody available for that.
01:28
Do you know anything more about the 308 trigger Plum? Is there smoke? Sounds like everybody's getting out of the house. Is it just a chirp alarm or is it an actual smoke?
01:38
It was an actual alarm. They keep resetting it, but it continues to go off. No smoke or flames.
01:44
I'm caller could say you body smoke at one point.
01:53
We have a deputy on scene, he advised there is a smoke odor.
01:57
It was over burnt food, but they don't work cooking anything.
02:04
Tom, come back at your last part of the trap, you get cut off.
02:08
There's a deputy on scene on Sugar Plum. He says there is a smell of smoke.
02:14
The alarm went off over some burnt food, but they say they were not cooking anything.
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