Vehicle fire in apartment lot on South Westnedge

Heard on: Kalamazoo County Fire and MSP District 5

01:24

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

Portage stations one and three, you are due for a vehicle fire at (number withheld) South Westnedge Ave, cross streets of center and larkspur.

00:08

PD also en route.

00:10

Stations twelve one and twelve three, you are due.

00:18

18 to 1253.

00:23

Good.

00:26

It's reported it's going to be fully engulfed in.

00:28

It looks like PD's going to be closing off southbound Westnedge.

00:34

Copy, fully involved.

00:38

530.

00:45

1211 is in route.

00:47

Dispatch, I hear something about fully involved.

00:52

Hey, paramedics reported it's fully involved by witness and PD.

00:55

It looks like they're rolling up on scene now.

00:58

They've got southbound Westnedge closed off.

01:03

Clear on that, thank you.

01:11

1281, I'm seeing it's going to be in the apartment parking lot.

01:15

Do you have a fully involved vehicle fire? We're operating on fire tech 10.

01:21

Fully involved, operating on tech 10 at 532.

2026-10-22 09:29 UTC

Fire

S Westnedge Ave, Portage, MI 49002

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews and police respond to a reported fully involved vehicle fire in an apartment parking lot near South Westnedge Avenue, with southbound Westnedge closed for traffic control.