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Bright lights then flame spotted near Veterans Park, Athol MA

Suspicious Activity

Reported: 11/9/2025 03:14 PM

Exchange St, Athol, MA 01331

A caller at (number withheld) Apartments reported seeing a row of lights that grew brighter and then a flame appeared near Veterans Park on Exchange Street.

Audio|Source: Athol Police Department

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Transcript:

00:00

You check the area of the Veterans Park.

00:01

I have a caller on the line stating that there is a, he can see from his window at (number withheld) Apartments, a row of lights that get brighter and brighter and then a flame is being shot off once it gets to a certain brightness.

00:24

7-3 dispatch.

00:26

I'll be checking that area now.

00:30

Receive.

00:36

Do the RP think it was coming from behind the Veterans Park?

00:43

He was stating from his apartment at the (number withheld) Apartments that he could see through the lights across just beyond the Veterans Park, but he said it was on Exchange Street.

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Exchange St, Athol, MA 01331

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