Smoke odor reported at Verizon store on Council Drive

Heard on: Southampton County Fire and EMS Dispatch

01:17

This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Qualified department, qualified department.

00:02

Request from Franklin dispatch to 112 Council Drive, mutual aid with Franklin at the Verizon store for smell of smoke or smell like something is burning in the back of the store.

00:16

Time page 1053 hours.

00:20

85, Southampton.

00:23

85.

00:26

Show 85 responding.

00:29

Copy 85, 10-56 hours.

00:41

Avalon Fire Department, Avalon Fire Department, need to respond in the area of (number withheld) Avalon Road.

00:47

Repeating, (number withheld) Avalon Road for a vehicle that's down in a ditch.

00:51

Female subject was unconscious at the time.

00:56

Time is 10:56 hours.

01:07

Courtland Fire Department, Courtland Fire Department, mutual aid with Franklin at 112 Council Drive.

01:13

It's going to be the Verizon store.

01:14

For it smells like something is burning in the back of the store.

2026-10-27 14:51 UTC

Fire

Council Dr, Franklin, VA 23851

Smoke odor reported at Verizon store on Council Drive

View on map

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire departments from multiple areas responded to a Verizon store near Council Drive in Franklin for a reported smell of smoke or something burning in the back of the store. In a separate call, fire crews were sent near Avalon Road in Courtland for a vehicle that went into a ditch with an unconscious woman inside.

Smoke odor reported at Verizon store on Council Drive

Share This Information