Truck fire blocks Alabama Highway 68 on mountain

Heard on: Cherokee County Police, Fire and EMS Dispatch

01:35

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

Dispatch, station 57, can you be en route?

00:06

Station 57, can you be en route to the mountain? Alabama Highway 68, right there on the mountain.

00:11

There's a truck possibly on fire.

00:17

This is very knowledge.

00:22

(name withheld), 10-78, current Delta, restricted to corrective lenses, clear.

00:36

10-4.

00:41

Dispatch, Station 57.

00:43

Caller's advising that the vehicle is starting to explode.

00:46

He's also advising that it may start rolling down the mountain.

00:54

57, copy.

00:55

Go ahead and page that Sand Rock, top of the mountain for me.

00:58

May be some white ash from the hands.

01:16

Traffic on fire.

01:17

There is a vehicle on fire about halfway up the mountain.

01:20

We have notified the trooper post and the fire department.

01:25

Road is completely blocked.

01:28

Vehicle possibly about to start rolling back down the mountain.

01:34

10-4, en route.

8/18/2026 10:04 AM

Fire

AL-68, Sand Rock, AL

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, crews responded to a reported vehicle fire on Alabama Highway 68 on the mountain near Sand Rock. The caller reported explosions, the road being completely blocked, and the vehicle possibly rolling back down the mountain. Troopers and the fire department were notified.