photo by: Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical

Fire crews extinguish a fire in the cellular tower on Vermont Street in downtown Lawrence on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024.

Early Wednesday morning, firefighters extinguished flames in the large cellular tower on Vermont Street in downtown Lawrence.

The Journal-World inquired about the incident Wednesday but did not receive a reply from Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical until Thursday afternoon.

LDCFM said that at 2:17 a.m. crews were dispatched to the tower in the 700 block of Vermont Street and identified a small fire approximately 130 feet up the tower. A ladder was extended to extinguish the fire.

The Lawrence Police Department provided a drone that assisted with visibility and access to evaluate the fire incident.

Twenty-two LDCFM personnel responded to this incident, and no injuries were reported.

LDCFM’s news release did not indicate the cause of the fire.