Burning oil odor reported on third floor of tower building, Bloomsburg PA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/25/2025 03:01 PM

Near W 3rd St, Bloomsburg, PA 17815

Fire department responded to a tower building near West 3rd Street for an odor investigation. There was a burning oil smell reported on the third floor and the emergency generator was running. No active fire alarms were detected and the situation was under investigation.

Audio|Source: Columbia and Montour County Fire and EMS Dispatch

02:24

Transcript:

00:00

Bloomswick Fire Department BLS-60.

00:02

For an odor investigation, the Bloomswick Tower is near West 3rd Street, Temple.

00:11

Bloomswick Fire Department, BLS-CCCCT for an odor investigation, the Towers near West Third Street, Temple, Operations Fire 2,1803.

00:19

Bob.

00:21

Bloomswark Chief responding, if you run the tower is near West Third Street, and it's a smell of oil burning on the third floor.

00:30

Okay, we'll copy that.

00:41

2.30 KOS, PLS 800, fall victim, near Woodside Drive, Mount Pleasant Township.

00:49

BLS-60, fall victim,

00:52

near Woodside Drive, Mount Pleasant Township.

00:55

Direction, BLSA-100, 8204.

01:03

01:04

Thank you, 801, responding.

01:10

near Woodside Drive, Mount Pleasant Township, 92-year-old male fall victim, unknown injuries.

01:20

8204. 8204.

01:22

County,

01:28

Lieutenant 25 is the station.

01:32

1025, 18 surface.

01:36

County Blum, Chief, I'll be arriving on scene.

01:39

Establishing Command,

01:40

nothing showing from the exterior.

01:42

What's our Ops channel?

01:46

Ops is going to be fired, too.

01:48

Those are chief on scene, not to show on exterior.

01:50

1806.

01:53

The county, Bloom, definitely, there's going on.

01:57

At 18066.

02:00

County, Bullsworth Chief.

02:02

Bowlesford, Chief.

02:09

Okay, County, no active alarms in the building, called in by a resident.

02:13

First engine intake the address, we're going to be an investigative mode.

02:17

Their emergency generator is running.

02:22

Okay, 18-0.

02:24

Okay.

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Near W 3rd St, Bloomsburg, PA 17815

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