Smoking vehicle with briefly unresponsive driver

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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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 03:41 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, dispatchers received reports of a maroon Dodge Ram smoking from the hood or engine area near North Canaan Main Street in Canaan. A man was initially reported unresponsive inside the vehicle, but later updates indicated he was out of the vehicle and no longer unconscious. The apparent vehicle fire was later described as radiator steam.