Electrical utility pole catches fire near Perry St in Lancaster, Lancaster OH

Fire & Arson

Reported: 10/29/2025 06:57 PM

Near Perry St, Lancaster, OH 43130

Firefighters responded to a fire on an electrical utility pole near Perry Street in Lancaster. The top of the pole was almost burned through. The fire department contacted the power company and police to close nearby streets for safety.

Audio|Source: Lancaster Fire

02:32

Transcript:

00:00

Anyone can confirm we got a pole on fire.

00:03

Did you contact AEP, please?

00:05

I copy. Confirm the pole on fire contacting AEP.

00:09

All right to crash the engine 1.

00:15

This is engine 1. Go ahead.

00:17

Do you have a poll number?

00:26

Stand by.

00:31

Injured want fires fetch.

00:37

Go ahead.

00:40

We got a poll number 934 C is in Charlie.

00:46

1-27. Come on.

00:55

Engine one, fire dispatch.

00:58

Engine one, go ahead.

01:00

Advise them, the top of the pole is nearly burned all the way through.

01:03

It's going to be emergent status for them.

01:07

I copy, top of the pole,

01:09

convert through emergency status.

01:18

Tower, correction, engine one fire spatch.

01:21

Oh, it has to.

01:22

We had the tire burn through all the way.

01:25

If we could get a PD unit to close Canal at Columbus Street, we're going to close Canal at Maple Street.

01:36

I copy.

01:39

Or to slash engine one.

01:42

This is one, go ahead.

01:45

AEP has been advised. They did not provide an ETA.

01:48

Copy that, thank you.

02:01

Engine 3, directly behind near Perry Street.

02:08

Multiple callers are advising of a tele-correction utility pole is smoking from a transformer blowing.

02:15

Engine 3, near Perry Street, near Perry Street, directly behind that residence.

02:21

Multiple callers are advising of a transformer that has blown at the pole directly behind that.

02:29

smoking currently.

02:31

You're going to be on 23 LFie off.

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