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Raynham firefighters call for a county hazmat team to an ammonia leak at a building on Broadway, fire radio traffic shows

The first fire officer to arrive reported nothing showing and the building evacuated, and the department told dispatchers it would be an extended operation.

By the SC360 Breaking and Public Safety Desk | Published Nov. 11, 2026 | Last verified Nov. 11, 2026, 3:55 p.m. ET

RAYNHAM Developing. Updated 3:55 p.m. Nov. 11, 2026.

Raynham firefighters called for a county hazardous materials team Wednesday afternoon to deal with an ammonia leak at the Raynham IcePlex, the ice rink at 1568 Broadway, also known as Route 138, according to fire and police radio traffic. Raynham Fire dispatchers called the building CDL Arena, and Raynham police radio called it the IcePlex.

The call began at about 1:49 p.m., when Raynham Fire was sent to a fire alarm activation at the building, set off by a smoke detector in a mechanical and electrical room, the radio traffic shows. At about 1:55 p.m., the first fire officer to arrive radioed that nothing was showing and that the building had been evacuated.

At about 2:08 p.m., the fire officer told dispatchers that crews would be committed at the scene for a while, and dispatchers called in more firefighters to cover the station. At about 2:11 p.m., the officer asked dispatchers to have the state hazmat team call the officer's phone, according to the radio traffic.

At about 2:22 p.m., the officer asked dispatchers to notify the county that the department needed a Tier 2 hazmat response for an ammonia leak, and dispatchers confirmed they would request it through Bristol County. A minute later the officer told them it was going to be a bit of an extended operation. Bristol County fire radio traffic at about 2:24 p.m. carried the request for a hazmat response to an ammonia leak on Broadway, the recordings show.

At about 2:26 p.m., Bristol County fire radio announced a hazmat incident at 1568 Broadway in Raynham. Around the same time, Raynham police radio traffic noted that a refrigeration company had just arrived at the scene.

At about 2:29 p.m., the fire officer asked dispatchers to send a Raynham rescue unit to the hazmat scene at 1568 Broadway, and Rescue 4 radioed that it was on scene at about 2:37 p.m., the radio traffic shows. Also at about 2:37 p.m., a Raynham police officer radioed that fire had cleared police from the scene and that firefighters would stay there waiting on the hazmat team.

Firefighters were still at the rink more than an hour later. At about 3:44 p.m., a fire officer radioed that he was taking over command at the scene and asked dispatchers to sound another full alarm to cover the station, saying crews would be tied up there for a while, and dispatchers then called off duty firefighters in to cover the station because it was tied up with the hazmat call on Broadway, according to fire radio traffic.

South Coast 360 is asking the Raynham Fire Department about the leak, and we will update this story as officials release more.

What we know

What we do not know yet

How much ammonia leaked, what caused it, whether anyone was hurt, whether any road was closed and when the building will reopen.

Label: Reported by us, from the town's posted records.

Notes

Every fact comes from recordings of Raynham Fire Department and Raynham Police Department radio traffic on the public OpenMHz Bristol County system, Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026, calls from 1:49:13 to 3:44:12 p.m., and from Bristol County fire radio on public Broadcastify feed 856 at 2:24 and 2:26 p.m., reviewed and transcribed by South Coast 360. A fire department call heard on the department's own radio runs at once as a developing story, attributed to that radio traffic, and is updated as officials release more. The rink is named as the radio named it (CDL Arena on Raynham Fire dispatch at 1:49:13 p.m., the IcePlex on Raynham Police radio at 1:50:45 p.m.); 1568 Broadway is the Raynham IcePlex in the rink operator FMC Ice Sports listing. The story names no person.

Corrections

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Sources (15)

  1. Raynham Fire Department radio traffic, alarm dispatch on BroadwayPublic OpenMHz recording, Bristol County system, Raynham Fire talkgroup. Call at 1:49:13 p.m. Nov. 11, 2026.
  2. Raynham Police Department radio traffic, officer sent to 1568, the IcePlex, for the alarmPublic OpenMHz recording, Bristol County system, Raynham Police talkgroup. Call at 1:50:45 p.m. Nov. 11, 2026.
  3. Raynham Fire Department radio traffic, command change and full alarm for station coverage, station tied up with the hazmat on BroadwayPublic OpenMHz recording, Bristol County system, Raynham Fire talkgroup. Call at 3:44:12 p.m. Nov. 11, 2026.
  4. FMC Ice Sports, Raynham IcePlex rink listingRink operator listing for the Raynham IcePlex at 1568 Broadway, Raynham.
  5. Raynham Fire Department radio traffic, first officer on scene, building evacuatedPublic OpenMHz recording, Bristol County system, Raynham Fire talkgroup. Call at 1:55:40 p.m. Nov. 11, 2026.
  6. Raynham Fire Department radio traffic, crews committed for a whilePublic OpenMHz recording, Bristol County system, Raynham Fire talkgroup. Call at 2:08:45 p.m. Nov. 11, 2026.
  7. Raynham Fire Department radio traffic, firefighters called in to cover the stationPublic OpenMHz recording, Bristol County system, Raynham Fire talkgroup. Call at 2:09:39 p.m. Nov. 11, 2026.
  8. Raynham Fire Department radio traffic, request for the state hazmat team to callPublic OpenMHz recording, Bristol County system, Raynham Fire talkgroup. Call at 2:11:28 p.m. Nov. 11, 2026.
  9. Raynham Fire Department radio traffic, Tier 2 hazmat request for an ammonia leakPublic OpenMHz recording, Bristol County system, Raynham Fire talkgroup. Call at 2:22:39 p.m. Nov. 11, 2026.
  10. Raynham Fire Department radio traffic, extended operationPublic OpenMHz recording, Bristol County system, Raynham Fire talkgroup. Call at 2:23:40 p.m. Nov. 11, 2026.
  11. Raynham Police Department radio traffic, refrigeration company arrivesPublic OpenMHz recording, Bristol County system, Raynham Police talkgroup. Call at 2:26:40 p.m. Nov. 11, 2026.
  12. Raynham Fire Department radio traffic, rescue unit sent to the hazmat scene at 1568 BroadwayPublic OpenMHz recording, Bristol County system, Raynham Fire talkgroup. Call at 2:29:20 p.m. Nov. 11, 2026.
  13. Raynham Police Department radio traffic, police cleared, fire waiting on the hazmat teamPublic OpenMHz recording, Bristol County system, Raynham Police talkgroup. Call at 2:37:00 p.m. Nov. 11, 2026.
  14. Raynham Fire Department radio traffic, Rescue 4 on scenePublic OpenMHz recording, Bristol County system, Raynham Fire talkgroup. Call at 2:37:36 p.m. Nov. 11, 2026.
  15. Bristol County fire and police radio traffic, hazmat request for an ammonia leak and hazmat incident announced at 1568 BroadwayPublic Broadcastify feed 856, Fall River, Tiverton, Westport and Bristol County fire and police. Heard at 2:24:07, 2:24:24 and 2:26:31 p.m. Nov. 11, 2026.

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