False fire alarm reported at local address, Topeka KS

Fire & Arson

Reported: 08/18/2025 03:17 PM (PDT)

Near SW Arrowhead Rd, Topeka, KS 66614

Firefighters responded to a fire alarm at a specific address but later found out it was a false alarm.

Audio|Source: Topeka and Shawnee County Fire Departments

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Transcript:
Engine 8, 2649 Southwest Arrowhead Road on a general fire alarm. Engine 8, 2649, Southwest Arrowhead Road, General Fire alarm[1]. Fire ops off of 3, 1720. Your alarm is false.

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[1]

General Fire alarm: General Fire Alarm

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Location mentioned:

Near SW Arrowhead Rd, Topeka, KS 66614

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Yeah, I'm going to have (name withheld) take me to kind of where it's all in. (Name withheld) City wasn't out on foot, so we'll see if we can pick something up. All right, I'm going to head over there and drop them off with you guys then. Well, we're, myself, so we're out on, over here on 35th between Burnett and James, but we have stayed on the south side of the road. We haven't gone to where he was last seen at. Yeah, 10-4[1]. I think people have stayed off Burnett here kind of fly away with the last scene, so we'll at least try it. We're going to change this room battery real quick. 35C, there's an open garage door cracks about a few feet at 3418 in the east alley of Arrowhead. I'm going to look under and see if I see anybody. Did you want to seven four six? One, two yards. Oh, three, ten-four back there? Yeah, ten-four. I couldn't really see inside the cars or above the cars, but I didn't see anybody. Ten-four, I've heard a crash in come two-hour west. I think we're a little south of where you are. Try to minimize your walking around back there. Ten-four. Phone is back up, you want him just following you guys on your tracks. Yeah, if you could just try to stay a little bit west of us, that'd be great. That tree line's pretty thick between Arrowhead and where we are. I'm going to cast them out here and work this south so you could fix anything up. 24, we're making contact directly west with us. 24, it is going to be our suspect. He's compliant. Ten-four, suspect is compliant. Down directly to your south. I'll have lethal coverage for you guys. Ten-four, just be advised me have the dog over here too. Yeah, I'm ten-four, I'm just around the corner of the building. If you want one custody? One in custody, one cheese owner. When you guys, uh, jam the custody and bring him to your car, can you see if he has any cheese on him? If he has any one on him? Cheese. They're her house keys and her car keys. Sent four, we'll check. 24 to 44, we do have the car key, we're checking for the housekeep. Does it have anything on it? She says it has like cherries on it and I get the file. If you guys are on the same street, I can just walk over to you. Yeah, we've got it. We'll be, uh, tidbits will be bringing it over to you. All right, direct. What time did this call come out?

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