E-bike battery fire outside Wendell garage

Heard on: Franklin MA Fire Dispatch Group Calls

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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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Attention Wendell and New Salem fire personnel, respond to (number withheld) New Salem Road in Wendell for a battery that exploded outside of a garage.

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There is a fire.

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Control clear at 1901.

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Show for control, Wendell X1.

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Wendell X1.

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Responding (number withheld) New Salem Road.

00:23

This is 1902, you're responding (number withheld) New Salem Road.

00:26

It's an e-bike battery out by the garage, threatening the garage.

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Garage is not on fire, but the battery is.

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Racy, thank you.

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I'll be on scene in about 30 seconds.

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Actually, you can show me on scene.

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This is 1902.

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Confirm lithium battery fire.

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No structures in danger at this time.

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It is exploding and offgassing.

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Repeat, lithium battery exploding and offgassing.

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No threat in the structures.

2026-09-16 23:01 UTC

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New Salem Rd, Wendell, MA 01379

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews were dispatched to a reported lithium e-bike battery fire outside a garage near New Salem Road in Wendell. The battery was exploding and offgassing and appeared to threaten the garage, but no structures were reported in danger at that time.

E-bike battery fire outside Wendell garage

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