Vehicle fire including riding lawnmower in Monroe driveway, Monroe MI

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/8/2025 12:23 PM

Near S Raisinville Rd, Monroe, MI 48161

A riding lawnmower caught fire in a driveway near other vehicles at near South Raisinville Rd in Monroe, Michigan. Firefighters responded and reported smoke and flames from the lawnmower. No personal names or contact details were disclosed.

Audio|Source: Monroe County Sheriff, Monroe City Police, Fire and EMS Dispatch

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Transcript:

00:00

It a fire.

00:02

Hide a fire, you have a vehicle fire at near South Raisinville Rd.

00:07

Near South Raisinville between Newcastle and Ashington, college reporting that riding lawnmower is on fire, outside in the driveway, close to other vehicles.

00:17

Timeout, 1523.

00:31

Does this originally start on Dunbar or was it always on the Pleasance Road in a vehicle?

00:39

I started on Dunbar,

00:42

started right up the corner by the track space.

00:49

What was the last cross street on the Pleasance? I may have missed it.

00:58

We're last passing Paisley when our caller was no longer following.

01:04

Claire, thanks for the area.

01:14

72 seconds.

01:15

Clear.

01:17

We're turning down front of street now.

01:26

Clear.

01:32

him and started laughing, like, you know who I am, and you just gave me a confused look.

01:37

I think it was.

01:39

I really do think it was him.

01:42

I honestly cannot tell you.

01:48

I've had a few cops that said to me, oh, you're not spraying water today.

01:55

We can change that real fast.

01:58

I know.

02:03

We need to put a deckgun on this.

02:11

If we could just only have the transmission stay and drive on the engine and use the deck gun, there's the game over.

02:20

I agree.

02:35

5826-5872 they're back on the line they're in the area of check that at the first the Pleasins roundabout from all of them

02:51

smoke and flames coming from the lawnmore

02:55

we're clear thank you're welcome

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