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Smoke caused by construction train, no fire foundFairfax IA

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Railroad St & Vanderbilt St, Fairfax, IA 52228

A report of fire on train tracks near Fairfax led to an investigation. Officials found that the smoke was caused by a construction train cutting materials. No active fire was detected.

Audio|Source: Linn County Public Safety
03:15
Transcript:
00:00
Link County, Fairfax Fire, they say exactly what is on fire?
00:08
Just the train tracks are on fire, that's all we got familiar.
00:16
Fairfax Fire, did you copy?
00:19
Thanks, thank you.
00:30
7.54.
00:32
24359 in route at 1656.
00:37
Can you call a Paley block subject?
00:42
Barry Bell, she said you're out with her for a dog bite. Tell me about a quarantine.
00:50
10-4.
00:51
Do you have her number or do you need it?
00:54
I believe I have her number.
00:57
Thank you.
00:59
You're welcome.
01:05
Thank County Fairfix 3.5-6 in a row.
01:08
10453-36. Here,
01:15
I was not sent a quarter.
01:17
28-0.
01:19
Go ahead.
01:25
Frank, Nibra 0-462.
01:33
VATO 26 to a 2025 Peterville trailer.
01:38
In County, Fairfax, 356 on team investigating. There's nothing showing, no fire, smoke.
01:43
Any evidence of anything? Do you have any further on this?
01:47
Negative just what's on the caller?
01:54
3283 to Fairfax Command.
01:57
Go ahead.
02:01
Joe Davies from the view point point.
02:04
I want to go check the maintenance facility.
02:06
I can see further down the track that way.
02:10
Hangouts.
02:13
Your officers just about the middle. Can you just operate that right now so we can get the bottom to flow out of our side? That way we can get officers up.
02:24
352 to 356.
02:26
You want us to drive down with the track for all and just see you're just made for it.
02:37
And for everybody's information, there is a train. I don't know if it's sitting, but it is heading towards Fairfax from C.R.
02:46
heading west.
02:48
It's your false with her night, 42.
02:51
239, 1559.
02:58
All Fairfax units, I do see the, what looked like a train is the construction train.
03:05
And it is producing a lot of white smoke as they're cutting stuff.
03:09
I don't see an actual fire.
03:12
And it looks like there's multiple personnel out there.

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Railroad St & Vanderbilt St, Fairfax, IA 52228
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