Small garbage can fire near train station extinguished, Bellefonte PA

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/13/2025 01:28 PM

Bellefonte, PA 16823

Firefighters responded to a small garbage can fire near the train station at Tyler-Rand Park on West High Street in Bellefonte. The fire produced light smoke and was quickly extinguished using a dry chemical extinguisher. No hazards were reported.

Audio|Source: Centre County Fire and EMS

02:41

Transcript:

00:00

Box 5612 in Bellefonte, 316 West High Street at Tyler-Rand Park for a nuisance fire.

00:07

Box 5612 in Bellefonte, 316 West High Street at Tyler-Rand Park in the train station for a nuisance fire, for a garbage can fire.

00:19

2056 is due, 1620.

00:30

Walks, 23-40 Rush Township 250-2-5-0-Grodite.

00:34

Mail us an urgency for abdominal pain.

00:36

All right. 223, 16-20.

00:40

Our guy, Chief, One-three.

00:46

Chief One-three.

00:49

Chief One-three.

00:53

Respond on the train station.

00:55

Hey,

00:56

Chief-3 in Bellefonte.

00:58

All right 16, West High Street, Tyler-Rand Park.

01:01

It will be near the train station for a garbage can on fire.

01:05

Responder at 1630.

01:09

County, email, 26.

01:11

Mills 2nd.

01:14

Transporting down there.

01:16

Transporting down there.

01:17

Transporter 1630.

01:22

County, Nicky 24?

01:25

Nicky 2234.

01:28

Responding.

01:33

503-4 in Rush Township, 250 Dogwood Drive.

01:36

Patient's going to be in a dining room.

01:40

84-year-old female, been feeling ill the past few days, having abdominal pain, nauseous, weakness, and some back pain.

01:48

Here to use the main entrance.

01:50

You're responding, 1630.

01:56

Okay, 2-13.

01:57

Okay, 2-1-3.

02:04

Chief 133.

02:06

Unseen, smoke from a garbage can.

02:09

All of Command, go inside me and off-channel.

02:12

Okay, Chief One-through, you're on scene of command.

02:14

Smoke from a garbage can, switch and utilize Ops 2, Ops 2, 1631.

02:24

High Street, Command.

02:27

Go ahead, command.

02:33

We put a dry cam on it, fire is out.

02:36

No need for fire, pardon.

02:37

You place the box of the other one.

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