Small track fire reported near Sand Road crossing

Heard on: SEPTA Regional Rail - North, South, City, MoW and Yard

01:27

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

Were you guys able to extinguish it all over?

00:04

I was fine.

00:05

I was doing like I was doing that.

00:07

I see. I

00:08

saw how the last city.

00:10

Roger, I'll have the northbound go through and see what they can do over.

00:15

Roger that.

00:17

That's 13506 over.

00:21

Uh, report of a tie fire, Sand Road.

00:28

If you guys could on the way north, can you attempt to extinguish it?

00:34

Let me know what extinguisher you use over, what uh, and you use extinguisher from over.

00:41

Roger, that's not fire.

00:43

What road was it over?

00:46

Sand, Sand Road, over.

00:50

Roger that, Sand Road.

00:52

Let you know when we get up there.

00:56

Yeah, it's just north of the crossing.

01:00

Roger that.

01:08

2417 calling, 73.

01:18

Three over.

01:20

Coming in for you now.

01:25

It's out. No D's.

6/20/2026 04:30 AM

Fire

S Sand Rd, New Britain, PA 18901

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic indicates a possible small railroad tie fire reported near Sand Road, just north of a rail crossing. A northbound train crew was asked to try to put out the fire and later reported that the fire appeared to be extinguished with no apparent damage.

Small track fire reported near Sand Road crossing

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