Firefighters battle spreading fire near homes in Columbia City, Columbia City IN
Fire & ArsonFirefighters are working to contain a spreading fire in a field near homes and wooded areas in Columbia City. They are running low on water and requesting additional fire tankers. Efforts focus on stopping the fire before it reaches nearby houses and the woods.
Audio|Source: Whitley County Fire Operations
06:24
Transcript:
00:00
We're at a quarter tank.
00:02
County for 800 South Command.
00:04
We've got an ETA on my next drag rig and tanker.
00:13
512, we've got grass rigs from Columbia and Columbia City.
00:17
I'm not sure about a tanker. We'll check with Huntington.
00:23
It should start me tip us with a tanker as well, please.
00:28
Clear on 50th. This is a tanker.
00:32
512, 312.
00:35
Go ahead.
00:37
You two grass rigs about a 9th on high school and we'll have a tanker wrap here shortly.
00:43
Wait.
00:49
512, 9-11, after 3.
00:57
Go ahead for five full of the jet nothing.
01:03
Your 43, your tractor and disk is probably five minutes away. You should be coming in the same entrance that we used last time.
01:11
It's going to be a different field, oh, I'm sorry, same field,
01:16
different side. It's going to be over here just on the east side a lot, right across for Brewer's spot.
01:26
Not clear, I'll let them now.
01:30
Kurt,
01:31
let's see if we can get ahead of this fire shot before it gets over here to these houses and walls.
01:42
512, truck 106 on Ops Channel, we're at 400 South and State Road 9. We've got an assignment.
01:52
Kurt, get out of here, it's hot.
02:01
106.
02:07
Stand by.
02:09
We're out of water. Get over here to this pond. We're going to try and suck some water out of that. I don't care what pond we go to.
02:15
I'm just going to suck water out of it.
02:18
Fire dispatch 305 now.
02:23
305. 3.05.
02:25
Go ahead with your traffic.
02:32
106 command,
02:34
go ahead with your traffic.
02:39
Fire 112, or fire 512. This is truck 106, just asking for an assignment.
02:45
We're at State Road 14 and 9.
02:50
When you get in here,
02:52
I need you guys to try and get to the east side of this.
02:57
I'm sorry, the west side of this, towards the house as closest to lawn.
03:01
I need to get this stop before it gets over there.
03:08
Truck 106 clear.
03:10
A little bit more.
03:13
You're getting there.
03:14
Command, Drosso, House of 3.
03:23
Where is the 14th? Where do you want to stop in from?
03:28
Come in off 800,000.
03:31
I want to try and get a stop before it gets to the woods or get to any of those houses over there at Lawn.
03:37
They'll probably go to that north side and try and work on that north side.
03:44
Clear.
03:51
County grass 306. Officer, you can show us on scene.
03:56
306 on scene.
04:06
Cali, from 800 South Command.
04:10
Can you advise where my closest tanker's at? We're completely out of water. We were unable to get the draft.
04:17
Aurora's Cron.
04:24
512, 305 is en route and so is a tanker from Pippus.
04:30
I'm clear.
04:35
Additionally, you can mark our track's disconcine.
04:40
Tractor disconcine.
04:42
Say there's out command, this is 407.
04:51
One of six from command.
04:58
Again from 306, we're entering the field from the west end here.
05:07
I'm clear 306.
05:10
I want to try and get this stopped. I know I said it multiple times. I want to try and get it stopped before it gets into that woods because it's starting to get pretty close over here and it's starting to get pretty close over the lawn.
05:32
We're about a half mile from 800 south on 9. Do you have an assignment for us?
05:38
Affirmative. Come in off 800 south.
05:40
I'm going to have you guys start working this south edge.
05:44
I don't think it's going to jump anyway,
05:47
but I want to get the south edge and this west edge work.
05:50
We've got houses that we've got to try and protect over there.
05:53
I've got a tractor and a disk out in the field disk and trying to get it and keep it away from that woods.
06:02
407's clear.
06:08
305 or 303 from command? What's your location?
06:16
Command from 306. I don't think we're going to get a pretty good kit on it here.
06:21
And we've only got one tanker coming from Columbia Town to check one's out of service.
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Near IN-9, Columbia City, IN 46725
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