Wires down cause small grass fire at towing business

Heard on: Northumberland Public Safety

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Shamokin Township, 622 Fig Road, Jeff's Towing, wires down.

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622 Fig Road, Jeff's Towing, wires down with a small grass fire.

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633 box, brush 173, tanker 174 to officer on 4, 1731.

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Shamokin Township, 622 Fig Road, Jeff's Towing.

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Wires down with a grass fire.

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633 box. Brush 173, tanker 174 are due.

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Officer on four, 1736.

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173 and 174 responding.

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Switching to four.

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1737.

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To Fig Road, Jeff's Towing,

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have a pole that came down, brought some wires with it.

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It's got the grass on fire.

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Is there any six three units there? I think I heard one of their fire police.

01:15

Yep, that's it. Fire police from the six three's it.

01:21

Okay.

01:26

County from Chief One Hundred and Seventy, I am en route to that Fig Road incident.

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Chief 170, officer will be on 4, 1730.

2026-10-17 21:30 UTC

Fire

Fig Rd, Shamokin, PA 17872

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a small grass fire near a towing business on Fig Road in Shamokin Township after a pole reportedly came down and brought wires with it, igniting nearby grass.