Vehicle fire on highway with natural gas odor nearby, Green Bay WI

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/18/2025 08:43 AM

Atkinson Dr, Green Bay, WI 54303

Fire and emergency units responded to a vehicle fire on northbound I-43 near Atkinson Drive in Green Bay. There were reports of a natural gas smell near the fire. The fire was extinguished and patrol confirmed the situation was under control.

Audio|Source: Brown County Fire & EMS

02:34

Transcript:

00:00

District 3, Engine 431, Battalion 431, and Engine 421, resumed to vehicle fire,

00:13

TAC 7, at Atkinson Drive and northbound I-43, cross streets are intersection of, Atkinson Drive and northbound I-43,

00:22

timeout 1042.

00:29

29431 from dispatch.

00:35

I just had another call for Tower Drive Bridge southbound for the smell of natural gas.

00:42

You want me to send additional units?

00:48

The smell of natural gas near the fire.

00:52

Generate on TAC6.

00:56

Sam, I'm sorry, can you repeat ahead of their transmissions?

01:06

Let's wait to see if we get units on a car firefire if there's smell of natural gas, it's probably for...

01:12

Engine Aco for dispatch.

01:14

Copy, so hold off I'm sending anybody.

01:18

Not for a move.

01:19

Copy. Copy.

01:25

Fire dispatch from Battalion 3.

01:27

Is this on Atkinson or on 43 south?

01:34

Let's see, on 43 northbound just north of Atkinson for the vehicle on fire.

01:43

Copy.

01:49

(name withheld),

01:51

there are some maintenance that off an alarm that was supposed to be a test mode.

01:54

Engine 8 is going to clear, or you can clear tax 6.

01:58

Copy, clear tax 6.

02:04

Here it's responding, it looks like it's going to be closer to 43 northbound and 41 northbound, closer to 41.

02:16

Downing three.

02:18

And it looks like they got the fire out.

02:25

The location per officer's quarter mile to the west of military, and it looks like a patrol is out with it.

02:33

Tell me three copies.

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Atkinson Dr, Green Bay, WI 54303

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