Utility Pole Fire in DeWitt
What happened
DeWitt duty chief reported a utility pole fire at Old Column Road South off of Yorktown Circle. A mobile caller stated a street light is flickering and a small flame is in and out. Picked up on County Fire Control radio traffic.
Key Facts
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Aug 20, 12:42:45 AM Initial DispatchUtility Pole Fire in DeWitt: DeWitt duty chief reported a utility pole fire at Old Column Road South off of Yorktown Circle. A mobile caller stated a street light is flickering...Source: OTA only
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Aug 20, 12:46:09 AM transcriptDeWitt fire, utility pole fire, O'Connor Road South.Source: radio_tg_1
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Aug 20, 12:47:59 AM transcriptDeWitt Engine 8, you're responding. 0-0-45.Source: radio_tg_1
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Aug 20, 12:55:49 AM transcriptDeWitt Engine 8, you're in service. Close call for DeWitt. 2053.Source: radio_tg_1
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Aug 20, 1:00:52 AM transcriptHinsdale car number one. All units are going to be in service. You can close it. Received, chief. Close the call. Zero zero fifty-one.Source: radio_tg_1
Radio Dispatch Intel
Transcribed from over-the-air P25 radio traffic. Accuracy may vary. Information reflects raw dispatch communications and may not reflect final incident outcomes.
Dispatch Transcript
DeWitt fire, DeWitt duty chief, utility pole fire, Old Column Road South off of Yorktown Circle in the dead end, the hometown inn by Red Roof East Syracuse to mobile caller stating a street light is flickering and a small flame is now in and out. No active smoke or fire seen at this time, 0043.
Transcribed from over-the-air P25 radio traffic. Accuracy may vary.
DeWitt duty chief reported a utility pole fire at Old Column Road South off of Yorktown Circle. A mobile caller stated a street light is flickering and a small flame is in and out. Picked up on County Fire Control radio traffic.
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Alert details
- Town: DeWitt
- Public location: COL EILEEN COLLINS BLVD AIR SYRACUSE AIRPORT HANCOCK TERMINAL, DeWitt
- Service: Fire
- Source: CNYICC
- Source model: Over-the-air monitor only (CNYICC)
- Signal confidence: early signal
- Transcript state: radio only
- Public note: Derived from over-the-air radio traffic. Treat it as an early signal until public updates confirm it.
- Published in archive: Aug 20, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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Source
Derived from over-the-air radio traffic. Treat it as an early signal until public updates confirm it.