18-wheeler fire on Interstate 85 with possible injuries, Cherokee County SC
Fire & ArsonAn 18-wheeler truck carrying about 23,000 pounds of textiles caught fire on Interstate 85 near mile marker 103. A motorcycle was reportedly involved. The fire caused the highway lane to close and emergency responders arrived. There may be one or more injuries.
Audio|Source: Cherokee County Public Safety
06:40
Transcript:
00:00
They want to arrive on scene.
00:03
We do have a working vehicle fire.
00:05
It's going to be on the number one lane.
00:07
I'm 85. We're going to shut 85 down.
00:10
I'm not sure for motorizers involved.
00:12
Go ahead and get Spacing 12 in route for a Tanger.
00:15
Go ahead and get a station sticking right for a tank as well.
00:18
This will be 585 going to be shut down.
00:20
Copy. It's also going to be involving the 18-mover.
00:22
Go ahead.
00:28
If we had 16004, first camera, that's going to be Station 6th District.
00:32
If you wouldn't hit our tones, you can show us in the route.
00:37
Matt, they're showing on.
00:38
This bench is going to get one or two and a half mile marker.
00:42
18 while, 18 will have fully involved and get into the trailer now.
00:45
We didn't get them in a route.
00:47
I'm worried about my tones.
00:51
Copy that, let's re-rout into this NPA and hold the fall.
00:55
Is that 16-0-1-1-copy?
00:58
6901 copy.
01:04
Edit 3, do you copy?
01:08
Ready 3 copies.
01:10
Is that going to be southbound or northbound?
01:14
Northbound.
01:19
Right there you go.
01:25
Mr. Chairman, if we could also reach out the surrounding county, see if they have any units available to be fully?
01:32
Copy.
01:34
Copy. Is that 6101? Is they going to be Northbound?
01:41
Affirmative.
01:42
1.02.5, Northbound.
01:50
Meta 5, substitute.
01:58
Meta 5, simple.
02:01
I think there's no injury that you can put it around.
02:04
I think there's no injury, Marker 1-3 and 85-9.
02:14
Just match.
02:15
All right,
02:17
yeah.
02:21
1900 go ahead just want to affirm that medics en route got a motorcycle to see pretty engine probably part of one already two places so I'll make sure they're in route
02:38
affirmative they are QRV[2] one and minute three are both in route ten foe
02:48
This back, car 61 is a route?
02:51
Car 61 copy.
02:58
Taker 991, Ralph.
02:59
Taker 91 copy.
03:00
Taker 91, 5.
03:06
1 minute 3, be advised per fire department on.
03:08
Taker 1.23 was involved.
03:11
State said it's a level one, possible level 2 patient.
03:18
123 copy
03:22
All you're just being advised.
03:23
It's funding to the United States State is going to be shut down.
03:29
Is a motorbike one off possible? One of two and a half mile market.
03:33
If you can't act, it's from a 104, we've got for any space shut down.
03:38
Take 12, y'all can get on it for 102.
03:42
I'll get a ready.
03:45
610-1. I know the engine 61 in car, 611 is around.
03:49
It's my tanker around, yeah.
03:51
Negative, they're not checked.
03:53
I'm about one minute out.
03:54
Oh,
04:00
1. Do you want me to go get it? I'm going that way.
04:04
Negative. One minute now.
04:09
All right, ten four.
04:15
The next unit is going to be around,
04:19
a roller towel ladder,
04:21
dispatch. We've got a 18 wheel that's going to be full of textile cloth.
04:25
He said you have about 23,000 pounds of cloth in the 18 wheelers in the train.
04:35
Copy.
04:36
1,900.
04:37
You did state that medics could come down backwards on the interstate, correct?
04:45
10.4, if they can and if they can, if they can, that's the 104 they can't, they're with the 102 they can on there as well.
04:52
Copy.
04:57
That's 2203 and now.
04:58
Can I get a tone out, please?
05:03
Copy.
05:07
Nisfatched, tanker 61st, and they're out.
05:13
Station 12.
05:16
Vehicle fire, NVA[1] injury, mile marker 103, Interstate 85 and 1stown.
05:20
Station 1600.
05:22
They can grab 63 as well.
05:28
30 a grab in.
05:34
16-0-616-0-1
05:39
tagging out of the water you can't go ahead and come to hook up the edge of any water i think we got a water tiger 61 will you kill clean or six units come and provide me your water so we get the fire out ten four
05:58
nineteen hundred eighty sixty one's arriving now you gotta come
06:06
Hey boy, this nose up in my Tahoe.
06:09
We're going to stretch the line for you and speed the engine only want.
06:13
We've got fire still in the trailer about putting away while and trying to get it out.
06:21
Take on.
06:23
Just right.
06:24
1,6002 car 61,
06:27
end of 61 arriving all the scene.
06:30
Tanker 91's all the phone.
06:33
Car 6111 engine 61 tanker 991 copy.
06:37
Tanger 91 copy.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
NVA: Non-vehicle accident (personal injury)
[2]
QRV: Unit ready/available for calls
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