Small fire near hotel on West Ashland Avenue in Muncie, Muncie IN

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/18/2025 04:28 PM

W Ashland Ave, Muncie, IN

Firefighters responded to a small fire behind a hotel near a construction site on West Ashland Avenue in Muncie. They used bolt cutters to access a gated area to investigate and contain the fire. Police blocked nearby entrances for safety due to popping sounds possibly from burning materials.

Audio|Source: Muncie and Delaware County Public Safety

02:25

Transcript:

00:00

Engine 5. Truck 7.

00:03

Investigate outside, West Ashland Avenue, Muncie.

00:07

Cross street, North Picilly Avenue.

00:09

Respond on Muncie Fireground 1.

00:21

Construction just got a call from downtown saying something's on fire in the construction.

00:27

MFD is en route.

00:31

Tenforce.

00:34

I'm not far from that.

00:35

I put me on it.

00:40

Brigitte 24, I'll be 23.

00:43

Ten, four. I, from the camera view, I can't see anything on the one side.

00:51

I don't even see any smoke.

00:57

I got the fire phone be in the back, the gate so I'm going to pull in.

01:04

No,

01:06

from 51, 50, 10, 42.

01:10

51,

01:11

50.

01:15

G5 is on scene.

01:17

We do have a little bit of fires behind the hotel.

01:20

We'll be outside.

01:22

For the construction.

01:27

For the construction company.

01:39

I'll make phone calls, see what I'd like find.

01:41

Can we have any idea what it is?

01:46

Not yet, I'll get you more information on that, enough you just got on scene, but we use the bolt cutters to cut the lock, the lock, a lot to get through this gate.

01:57

Sir, I'll let them know how would get your whole crime.

02:05

14 am I here.

02:14

Can you go around to the entrance to R7 and get that blocked off, please?

02:18

Just so we don't have anybody coming over there, because I don't know exactly what this is, and it's popping.

02:25

Clear.

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