Smoking vehicle and briefly unconscious driver in Canaan

Heard on: Jefferson County IN Fire Dispatch

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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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Units and Canaan fire units.

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I need you to respond to (number withheld) North Canaan Main Street in Canaan, reference to a maroon Dodge Ram that has been running since 7 p.m.

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this evening.

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Now it is smoking from the hood area.

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There is a male inside the vehicle that is unresponsive.

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Repeating (number withheld) North Canaan Main Street, vehicle, maroon Dodge.

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Ran, been running since 07:00 p.m.

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Smoking from the engine.

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Male inside, unresponsive.

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Page out 2341.

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Attention District 39, fire in Versailles in reference to the vehicle in Canaan.

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Caller called back, advised the male subject is out of the vehicle.

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The vehicle fire is due to the radiator steaming.

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He is no longer unconscious.

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The address (number withheld) North Canaan Main Street.

2026-10-19 03:40 UTC

Fire

N Canaan Main St, Madison, IN 47250

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 maroon Dodge Ram near North Canaan Main Street in Canaan after it was reported running and smoking from the engine area. A man was initially reported unresponsive inside the vehicle, but the caller later reported he was out of the vehicle and no longer unconscious, and the apparent fire was radiator steam.