Black smoke seen on mountain but no fire found, Schuylkill County PA
Fire & ArsonA caller reported seeing a column of black smoke on Sharp Mountain near the tower by the high school. Fire personnel investigated but the smoke dissipated before they arrived and no fire was found.
Audio|Source: Schuylkill County Fire
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Transcript:
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268.2.688, tell me. That she's 6888. 1756. Caller was at the Brocksell. See if they can see some plumes of black smoke on the mountain. I'm guessing Sharp Mountain. You want to check it out.
00:29
Okay. 68. Go ahead. The license came up Wall Street and he's got black smoke coming up by the tower. On top of the... Okay. Enough to dispatch company.
00:56
so you get a good look at it. Okay. Seventy three, Chief 68. Go ahead. The column visible from up at low seems to be dissipating. Fears, it could be up near the Monty Rocks, closer to the...
01:25
west side and town. 68 8. Go ahead, 68. It dissipated.
01:44
What a caller? I saw it. I'm sitting up here in Mount Hope, the field here I can see the whole mountain. It dissipated definitely. There was the tower up by the high school there. That would be worth going down here? Negative this time, there's nothing up there now. Okay.
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Location mentioned:
Sharp Mountain, Reilly Township, PA 17963
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