Wildfire burns wheat field and brush in Brown County, TX, Brown County TX
WildfireA wildfire is burning through a wheat field and thick brush in Brown County, Texas. The fire created a canopy fire and spread to another field. Fire crews are on scene with multiple brush trucks working to contain the fire and protect nearby structures. Electric utility trucks are present and traffic is being managed. The fire is actively running through heavy brush, threatening a structure if not contained.
Audio|Source: Brown County Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
Test Bats, 301 are you hearing any of Brush 2's radio traffic? Negative.
00:08
See, thank you.
00:22
If he's got a canopy fire, we might want to make a phone call and sign up what air assets we have in the area.
00:30
Yeah, receive you're confirming the canopy fire.
00:34
His size up was a 20-foot flame house with the running canopy fire, what he had sized up on a go.
00:40
Yeah, copy that.
00:48
June from 301 at Johnston the location signed forward to Forest Service.
00:59
301 307, how do you read this radio?
01:02
Loud and clear.
01:05
Copy information update.
01:07
It was a wheat field that burned into thick brush.
01:10
We did have a canopy fire and it entered another field.
01:14
The canopy fire appears to be out.
01:17
We've still got heavy fire running through heavy brush.
01:20
It's going to burn right up to a structure unless we put fire down.
01:23
I've got three brush trucks on scene.
01:25
Probably a back to conductor back.
01:27
Back, man.
01:29
They have seven that you're comfortable with to do it.
01:33
All right, Bob, we're going to give up little comfort but we'll take a truck.
01:45
This is a thorough one, go ahead.
01:48
I left Trinity Ranch with my buggy.
01:50
I'm headed towards Coleman on 206.
01:52
What's the best way to get out there to it?
01:56
Come up 206, takes 174 back to the west.
02:01
104 left on 174.
02:12
Go ahead.
02:14
Do you have any tankers? Calling right yet.
02:24
Tanker one, the unit calling on, I'll be around shortly.
02:28
I'll be around shortly.
02:40
840 from 0.01 on County.
02:43
840, go ahead.
02:47
840, I told you're on you take 172.
02:50
It's right by County Commissioner South.
02:53
You'll take 172, go to north at T intersections into 174.
02:57
Take a web, it'll take you straight in.
03:00
104, 172 to 174, 104.
03:06
A barrel, very good.
03:25
3.1-307.
03:28
Go ahead.
03:32
For your information, we're holding on burn operations.
03:34
Both of our security trucks try to advance into the field and make it make it off on the fire.
03:40
We just hang out with the truckers like to do what it does whenever we're talking to the fence line.
03:47
Great Steve, you're holding on firing off.
03:49
Burkett was able to engage direct on the fire in the field,
03:53
and you're waiting on it to come out of the fence line.
03:55
We're on 174.
03:56
We're headed to you.
03:59
Copy whenever you go.
04:00
It may be easier to drop it to County Road and road in on the bucket.
04:07
I receive. Break, 840, 301.
04:11
172's got some electric co-op trucks on it.
04:13
Slow your approach as you approach them, they'll get out of your way.
04:17
Stand for it, thank you.
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