Jet ski fire at town boat launch on the lake

Heard on: Litchfield / Fairfield County Fire/EMS

01:51

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

We're going to turn it out for the fire.

00:01

Stand by for the boat.

00:02

Stand by.

00:36

Marine one.

00:40

Yeah, go ahead. We just made that scene.

00:53

I'm fire. We're extinguishing it.

01:12

Yeah, your 1st call for your 2nd call, (name withheld), is going to be the standby for the fire at the town boat launch.

01:16

Again, Newtown Ambulance.

01:17

This is going to be your 1st call and create a 2nd call in town for the standby.

01:21

We'll be at fire units on the water.

01:23

Town boat launch, 50 out.

01:26

Negative, there's, like I said, there's no one here.

01:28

They were on a jet ski.

01:29

Lake Patrol has their registration number.

01:32

I'll keep an eye out for them.

01:48

We're in the process of extinguishing it now.

9/7/2026 01:00 PM

Fire

Towns End Rd, Newtown, CT 06470

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire units responded to a possible fire involving a jet ski on the water near the town boat launch in Newtown. Ambulance was assigned to standby while fire crews worked on the water. No one was reportedly at the launch, and the jet ski’s registration information was available to authorities.