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Garage door motor overheats causing smoke, Newport RI

Fire & Arson

Reported: 9/26/2025 04:49 PM

Newport, RI

Fire crews were called to Station 5 for smoke coming from a garage door motor. The motor was overheated and burnt out but there was no active fire.

Audio|Source: Newport Fire

01:31

Transcript:

00:00

Car 2 respond to Station 5 from Masterbuck.

00:19

Engine one, engine two,

00:22

ladder one, ladder two, car two,

00:25

rescue one.

00:26

Response, station five for Masterbach.

00:29

Communication fire ground one, timeout in 1950.

00:33

Letter one, responded.

00:46

Rescue 1's in service, just want to fire station 5.

00:51

Receive, Rescue 1.

00:57

Station 200.

01:01

Receive?

01:03

Receive.

01:10

All companies, garage door motor.

01:15

Flight, low condition, no fire.

01:17

No fire.

01:26

Preachie vendor 5.

01:28

Be advised, that's going to be a burnt-up garage door motor.

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