Firefighters respond to landfill fire near MacBeth Rd, Fort Wayne IN

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/7/2025 06:22 PM

Near MacBeth Rd, Fort Wayne, IN 46809

Firefighters responded to a fire at a landfill near MacBeth Road and Smith Road. Multiple tanker trucks were dispatched to assist in controlling the fire. They coordinated water supply and considered using heavy equipment to move debris. The operations faced challenges due to limited water and manpower resources.

Audio|Source: Allen County Fire

03:45

Transcript:

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For West Central Fire need a tanker response to assist DC-51 on a landfill fire near MacBeth Rd, off Smith Road, or southwest, 130.

00:15

For West Central Fire, need a tanker to respond assisting on a leaf fire,

00:20

near MacBeth Rd.

00:22

near MacBeth Rd off Smith Road, to zone Southwest, 130, Allen County, 21-24.

00:44

Thank you. Communications.

00:48

1084 responding.

00:52

1084 are responding.

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near Betharone.

00:57

Command from base 350.

01:00

Cope for command.

01:06

Crew one here, you want to the tanker or grass rig?

01:12

Tanker, please. Tanker, believe.

01:27

I'm clear County.

01:28

Tank 153 is responding.

01:31

I'm clear. I'm clear.

01:41

Command, I have Tank 84 in round.

01:42

Do them continue or do you want them to disagree?

01:46

Well, that's continue as well, thanks.

01:49

I'm clear.

01:52

Is there's Tank 104?

01:54

Tank 104?

01:58

Can't show and around to make that road.

02:04

Clear.

02:09

252 pump operator, truck 57 driver, I'm a half tank.

02:15

Okay, I have clear.

02:24

Man, truck 57.

02:27

Go ahead.

02:32

Trunk 57 out of water.

02:36

Clear.

02:45

Communications, medic, 195.

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Medic 195.

02:50

You can show us back in service.

02:53

Clear turn.

02:57

Engine 252 is down to about a half tank.

03:01

Clear.

03:09

Command engine 252.

03:12

Go ahead.

03:15

Yeah,

03:16

have you contacted them yet about seeing if we get a dozer up here and move this stuff?

03:26

I don't know if anybody's down the shot they can do that or not.

03:29

I'm not sure.

03:34

Yeah,

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with as much as we've got going on back here, I don't think we have the water or the manpower to get it all out.

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