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Large brush fire threatens apartment near Lawndale LnCharleston WV

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Near Lawndale Ln, Charleston, WV 25314

A large brush fire with several trees burning is threatening an apartment near Lawndale Lane. The fire started when water splashed on a light socket, causing electrical issues and flickering lights. Fire units are responding to control the fire.

Audio|Source: Kanawha County Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
I've got a large brush fire.
00:03
I've got trees on fire as well. Go ahead and start 12 for a third time.
00:08
If they don't answer, then start me 15 slowly. It's a pretty large brush fire.
00:19
Start 15.
00:28
At the apartment near Lawndale Lane, it came in as a structure fire, but apparently a lady was cleaning splashed water on some type of light socket, and the lights are just flickering now. We're getting fire up there.
00:40
Do you want me to send somebody out or not?
00:43
No, they keep in the bus.
00:45
10-4[1].
00:50
Station 60, structure fire, near Lawndale Lane.
01:04
Across the Gage Street and Cappn Creek Road.
01:08
Slide 14 is on team saying there's a large brush fire.
01:11
This will be your third tone.
01:14
Time now is on 47.
01:21
Station 40, structure fire.
01:25
Near Lawndale Lane.
01:27
Near Lawndale Lane, Cross Motorhurst Drive.
01:32
Medic 433, engine 453, 455, 456,
01:37
458, rescue 482, truck 6664,
01:43
tension 408, 450 and 650.
01:46
Their advice on the caller was cleaning, got water into the socket, now she can smell something burning, it knocked the power.
01:53
All lights started flashing on and off.
01:57
Time now is 0148.
02:02
All units channel over to Charleston,
02:05
too.
02:12
433.
02:14
Finro.
02:20
Flash, you can you repeat?
02:26
55, Zell. 455, 150.
02:36
483, then.
02:41
483. 483.
02:44
456 now.
02:47
456. 456.
02:48
456.
02:54
456. Go ahead, stage in the courtroom.
02:58
As receipt.
03:01
Bobby 450 in route.
03:07
6-4 in route, channeling you ever 150.
03:13
Station failed.
03:16
I've had it just a second.
03:19
24.
03:23
420 is in round.
03:27
On either round.
03:36
4349.
03:39
4349, 151.
03:45
451. They're going to have multiple trees on fire. There's going to have multiple trees on fire, a power brush.
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment; message received and understood

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Near Lawndale Ln, Charleston, WV 25314

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