Outdoor barrel fire mistaken for structure fire

Heard on: Hampden Police, Fire and EMS

01:25

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

Attention Hampden Fire Department, your request respond the area of (number withheld) Western Avenue for visible smoke.

00:09

Gray to dark gray in color.

00:12

The odor of smoke in the area.

00:15

1356.

00:22

312 Penobscot.

00:23

I'll be in the area.

00:30

Temperature's cooler in the area.

00:32

I'm Scott from 272, show us in route.

00:38

272, go ahead.

00:41

We'll be in route.

00:46

10-4, in route.

00:47

Area of (number withheld) Western, large smoke in the area.

00:56

312, there's fire.

00:57

Oh.

01:02

Go ahead.

01:04

It's going to be one pulling in right now in the backhouses.

01:07

I can see the open flames.

01:14

Copy that's going to be where you pulled in.

01:16

Then the rest was hard to hear.

01:19

It's just going to be a guy burning in a barrel.

01:23

Okay, 10-4, thanks.

7/30/2026 10:53 AM

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Western Ave, Hampden, ME 04444

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews in Hampden were sent to the area near Western Avenue for reports of gray smoke and a smoke odor. Responding units saw large smoke but determined it was a person burning materials in a barrel, not a structure fire.

Outdoor barrel fire mistaken for structure fire

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