Burn complaint over black smoke at Hinckley Road

Heard on: Kennebec, Somerset, and Waldo County Fire Departments

01:40

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Ten four. I pulled into (number withheld) and now watching prohibited materials being burned.

00:06

I'm gonna check on a permit and also what they're burning because it's putting up black smoke.

00:13

Where do you want me to start the fire department that way?

00:18

Just check and see if they gave out a permit for (number withheld) Hinckley Road.

00:35

Sure.

00:39

Ten four. Be right.

00:47

To Clinton base.

00:51

Go ahead, call.

00:54

I'm not sure if you copied my traffic.

00:56

Are you able to confirm if you guys have a permit out for (number withheld) Hinckley Road today?

01:03

10-4, we do have a permit out at that address.

01:07

10-4, I'll advise PD.

01:08

Thank you.

01:12

Copy that. Thank you, call.

01:20

10-4.

01:29

Seven hundred and three, your traffic is broken.

01:32

I believe I copy.

01:34

You believe they are burning permitted, unpermitted materials.

01:39

Do you want me to send the fire department out?

8/18/2026 11:43 AM

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Hinckley Rd, Clinton, ME 04927

Burn complaint over black smoke at Hinckley Road

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, officials responded to a burn complaint near the (number withheld) block of Hinckley Road in Clinton, where a possible prohibited fire was producing black smoke. Dispatch confirmed a valid burn permit for the location, and responders discussed whether to involve the fire department.

Burn complaint over black smoke at Hinckley Road

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