Des Moines Fire Department responds to fire at auto salvage yard
Updated: 9:55 PM CDT Oct 2, 2023
Des Moines Fire Department responds to fire at auto salvage yard
Updated: 9:55 PM CDT Oct 2, 2023
POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. SMOKE BILLOWED INTO THE SKY THIS AFTERNOON SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN DES MOINES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SAYS A PILE OF OLD AUTO PARTS SOMEHOW CAUGHT FIRE AT AN AUTO SALVAGE YARD. THAT’S AT SOUTHEAST 21ST. AND MAURY. NO BUILDINGS WERE DAMAGED. FIREFIGHTERS SAY WORKERS WER
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Des Moines Fire Department responds to fire at auto salvage yard
Updated: 9:55 PM CDT Oct 2, 2023
A fire at an auto salvage yard created a large plume of smoke Monday afternoon in Des Moines.The Des Moines Fire Department said they arrived to find a pile of dismantled auto parts burning on private property. It took 400 feet of firehose to get to the flames.The fire department said the fire was accidental.No buildings were damaged in the fire.In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Des Moines police said SE 21st Street southbound was closed at Maury Street while crews put out the fire.
DES MOINES, Iowa —
A fire at an auto salvage yard created a large plume of smoke Monday afternoon in Des Moines.
The Des Moines Fire Department said they arrived to find a pile of dismantled auto parts burning on private property. It took 400 feet of firehose to get to the flames.
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The fire department said the fire was accidental.
No buildings were damaged in the fire.
In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Des Moines police said SE 21st Street southbound was closed at Maury Street while crews put out the fire.
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