Bannon Building in Palmer suffers full fire involvement, Palmer MA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/30/2025 09:30 PM

Palmer, MA

A building named the Bannon Building in Palmer, Massachusetts is fully involved in fire. Emergency responders are conducting defensive firefighting operations and working to establish a water supply. Roads near Manchonis and McDonald's Way are affected. Because of narrow road access, responders are walking into the scene.

Audio|Source: Palmer Fire, Police and EMS

02:20

Transcript:

00:00

just an update. It's going to be fully involved with Bannon Building.

00:04

It's going to be a drowned defensive operations only.

00:07

We're working on water supplies.

00:08

They're near the road.

00:10

Have you staged at Manchonis and McDonald's Way and you're walking.

00:33

Chief 162, the Towering.

00:39

Chief 162, you're completely unreadable.

00:50

Chief 162 to Tower 161, how do you copy?

00:53

No,

00:55

you're still broken up, I bet it.

01:03

Okay, if you have a coppice method,

01:06

this is going to be defensive operations only.

01:09

A very narrow road, a heavy stage at Manchonis and McDonald's Way.

01:14

I sent the intersection to your cell phone and you just have a walk-end where it's going to be system with a defensive operations and water supply.

01:27

Okay, receive, I believe that was the stage at Manchonis and McDonald's way and then walk in.

01:39

Yeah, that's correct.

01:48

Chief 162, just confirmed. I'll leave the tower on in Manchonis and then we'll take, uh, we're walking into you.

01:58

Yeah, it's affirmative.

01:59

We can leave the tower.

02:00

I'm Antonos and walked McDonald's way down Washington.

02:04

A couple thousand feet of LDH in the street. Kim Messrs. Those fall out to the fire.

02:10

Okay, I see. We're walking in now.

02:12

10-0-16-1 on scene, O'Brien.

02:17

Three-six, got you on scene at 034.

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