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West Des Moines, IA

Gas odor prompts evacuation at apartment building 

audio iconFire & Arson
Near Woodland Ave Apt 25, West Des Moines, IA 50266
Gas odor reported at an apartment on Woodland Avenue. Firefighters arrived and told residents to evacuate to their cars. The audio notes a popping sound and an alarm, and the smell of gas.
Audio|Source: Polk County, Dallas County, and Warren County Public Safety and ISP
01:52

Transcript:
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3.23 covers.
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1535.
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16. Car 219.
00:11
Engine 2.20.
00:13
Gas odor[1].
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4405, Woodland Avenue, number 25.
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Ladder, 215.
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Car, 219.
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Engine, 220.
00:23
Gas odor[1].
00:24
4405, Woodland Avenue, number 25.
00:28
Cross streets are...
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45th Street and Village name.
00:32
On arrival, use, pack five.
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Timeout, 1535.
00:41
790 Adam Young, 2917.
00:45
790 Adam Young 2917.
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790 Adam Young 2917.
00:57
790 Adam Young 2917 comes back to Jerome McChryston Jr.
01:06
out of Wachy, Iowa, showing Valid Class C.
01:12
Charles expires 5 of 2032, showing 1074.
01:24
Definitely mine, thank you.
01:28
It's not the 4405 was in apartment 25.
01:33
Subjects of the guy here heard a pop in the building and then heard an alarm going off and he smelled gas.
01:39
They were advised to evacuate.
01:40
They're going to be waiting in his car.
01:44
The RT-15 copies up, please.
01:49
Her head, she's still her conscious in the reading in the main area there.

Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Gas odor: Potential hazardous materials situation

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Near Woodland Ave Apt 25, West Des Moines, IA 50266
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