Apartment building fire investigation under way in Watkins, Watkins MN


Fire crews are investigating a possible fire or smoke in an apartment building in Watkins. They are conducting an overhaul using heat guns and have requested a fan. Traffic is being rerouted near Main Street and the high school to support the operation.
Audio|Source: Meeker County Sheriff, Police, Fire, and EMS
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Transcript:
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In county, everybody is out of the back apartment.
00:08
Joppy.
00:17
Scott's Peter.
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Pumper 1 to Peter.
00:35
Go ahead!
00:38
Do you have an update there?
00:43
We just swim in with the heat gun, but we're not finding anything yet.
00:47
We're still going to do a little overhaul here and see if we can figure it out.
00:52
Copy that, do you want fan or anything?
00:56
Yeah, you can bring a fan up to that side.
01:02
Copy that.
01:26
Watkins Fire, Eden Valley Fire.
01:35
In Valley to Watkins, go ahead.
01:40
We're just coming into town. Do you guys on Airpack?
01:48
You can have a couple pack-up. We're just kind of doing an overhaul looking for smoke right now or source of smoke.
02:00
Turn for it.
02:07
Watkins, if you want to come to the alley between Main Street and the high school,
02:12
then we can keep all traffic off of Main Street.
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Ten forth.
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Watkins Firemaker just fast. We're unseen.
02:35
Copy 947.
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Location mentioned:
Watkins, MN 55389
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