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Single-car fire accident on I-81 southbound near mile 187, Lackawanna County PA

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Reported: 09/13/2025 01:36 PM (PDT)

I-81, Pennsylvania

A single car crashed into a guardrail on the southbound I-81 near mile marker 187. The vehicle caught fire with flames visible under the car on the merging ramp.

Audio|Source: Susquehanna, Wayne, Lackawanna, Wyoming and Luzerne Counties Fire / EMS

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Transcript:

00:00

26, 1069, respond, mile marker 187.1 southbound on I-81.

00:04

Carver's guardrail, mail with facial blades, cross streets, South I-881, I-81, 1637 on the time.

00:10

Switch and operate on Brown.

00:12

So mark being dispatched for a rec on 81 South.

00:16

Ken,

00:17

Pompon-A-2 are to be clear the landing zone and available 1637.

00:21

MBA on 81 South.

00:23

Affirmative, sir.

00:24

One car into a guardrail there.

00:25

Looks like there's flame from that vehicle.

00:28

Yeah, it's on the merging ramp.

00:30

The car has actually has flames under at this time.

00:33

Copy that, sir.

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