Dead fish and reptiles found in ditches near Toto Road, North Judson IN

Other Non-Crime Event

Reported: 10/29/2025 04:56 PM

Near W Toto Rd, North Judson, IN 46366

Multiple reports of dead fish and reptiles found in ditches near Toto Road. Fire units have been requested to contain and dike the affected areas to prevent further damage. Emergency Management Agency (EMA) has been contacted for assistance.

Audio|Source: Starke County Sheriff Fire & EMS

03:42

Transcript:

00:00

Any day, we'll fire and ran at the 1050 at 35 and Toto Road. Information, we're receiving multiple calls advising of dead fish and dead reptiles in the ditching your total road.

00:14

Sark County Fire, 102?

00:16

1-02.

00:18

County, can you get a Leport County as now headed this way, please?

00:28

EMA's already contacted then.

00:30

Clear.

00:36

208, 2 and Rowlander 3.

00:40

Hey, Tim.

00:45

Cannae, 301?

00:49

301.

00:50

Victory is requesting another bus.

00:57

I will contact Transportation Director Director,

01:00

have them en route.

01:02

Timbor.

01:08

Park County Fire, 102.

01:10

1.02.

01:14

Can you advise which ditch that was again?

01:21

You just advise ditches along total road?

01:24

Clear.

01:29

Okay, 41, medic one.

01:31

Go ahead.

01:34

What's your 20?

01:40

I am in the parking lot of first choice tonicoles.

01:46

Claire.

01:47

We're counting from 941.

01:50

Go on.

01:52

Did we have any other fire units en route?

01:58

Upper River have Hamlet 8-2 in route.

02:04

Can you go ahead and divert them to the Dollar General to assist with Medic 5 and Medic 3?

02:11

Sure. Okay.

02:24

Attention, Washington, Firemen. This is an exercise, exercise, exercise, exercise.

02:29

Second tone for 2024 South U.S. Highway 35, 911 caller on Knox, full bus with student passengers, advising everyone is struggling to breathe and gagging.

02:37

He'll be on fire ground to you. Your turn time is 1901.

02:40

Medic 41, medic one.

02:43

Go ahead.

02:46

For our 43, do we have water set up for decontamination?

02:51

I believe fire is working on that right now.

02:57

We're on location.

03:03

Additional information is going to be for students on a school bus.

03:08

They're advising everyone struggling to breathing gagging.

03:11

Can I look fire?

03:18

Traffic for Middick 4.1.

03:22

Traffic from a minute's green.

03:28

Stark County Fire, 102. One zero two.

03:31

One there's you.

03:37

County, can you just mass short shuts and fire to try to dike up these ditches on Toto Road, please?

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