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What in blazes? Smoking pizza billboard in Cedar Rapids not actually on fire
Cedar Rapids police Sunday were letting people know via social media that a billboard advertising Casey's Pizza, viewable on northbound Center Point Road NE south of Blairs Ferry Road, was not actually on fire.
In a Facebook post Sunday morning, the Cedar Rapids Police Department stated:
'Our Joint Communications Center has received several calls reporting a billboard on fire in northeast Cedar Rapids. The billboard company installed a smoke machine to the billboard on Center Point Road about 100 yards south of Blairs Ferry Road NE. The billboard and smoke machine are supposed to depict a steaming hot pizza. There is no fire and do not call 911 to order a pizza!'
Casey's Pizza billboard in Cedar Rapids on Center Point Road NE near Blairs Ferry Road NE on May 12, 2019
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