Grass fire near Cracker Barrel on North I-35 in Gainesville, Gainesville TX
Fire & ArsonA grass fire was reported near North I-35 by the Cracker Barrel restaurant in Gainesville, Texas. Fire units responded with equipment including Quint 3 and brush trucks. The fire was located in the median between Glenn Polk and Stepping Out. A semi-truck was moved off the roadway after the incident. Emergency responders were on scene to manage the fire and ensure safety.
Audio|Source: Gainesville / Cooke County Public Safety
04:35
Transcript:
00:00
My partners enter in a grass fire near North I-35, just up by high.
00:11
Do you have any additional details on that grassfire or can we respond to it in the brush, or in Quint 3?
00:22
In some brush.
00:29
We'll respond to it in Quint 3. You show Quint 3 and Ralph.
00:35
It's going to be a cross from Cracker Barrel.
00:43
Crazy.
00:44
Sorry, you can you hold of service for conference?
00:53
I've cleared the semi, he's going to be at the first exit up.
00:58
Number two.
01:11
The highway will be open north of y'all.
01:15
If you can get vehicle info off that jeep.
01:21
Three days, I'll get it to benefit of it.
01:26
You can keep it.
01:32
Get it with traffic can you tonight.
01:42
I've been moved off the roadway, that part of it is clear.
01:45
What if you said in a report, counties still out with that vehicle.
01:55
Racing.
01:58
Reporting one patient could you can show rescue pops clear.
02:03
Three,
02:06
Steve, do we have anyone checking on the semi-driver?
02:13
County, was he requesting that it?
02:18
He was having a bit of a panic attack when he called 911.
02:28
Forrest, C5 County, I'll stop a burn, so I can't see if he's out with him?
02:34
Thank you, Mr.
02:37
President.
02:41
333, can you let the county know that that tractor trader is no rock longer on the roadway to clear it off the roadway?
02:48
It's cleared off the roadway.
02:52
Sanford. Where did it pull over up?
02:57
Half mile north of where that first vehicle was that the county was out with.
03:02
Tractor traders then moved off the roadway. He's checking on his vehicle now.
03:14
So just confirmed the Semai is now southbound,
03:19
just north of that vehicle?
03:22
Negative.
03:24
Simi was about half a mile north of where the first vehicle was.
03:30
Simi's been cleared off the roadway.
03:32
I heard county on my radio when I'm scanning that, asking if it was still on the roadway. Can you just let them know that part of it is cleared up?
03:45
Italian.
03:50
Go ahead.
03:54
Are you out with the semi-driver?
04:00
Negative,
04:02
he is off of the roadway.
04:04
The construction company opened some barricades where he could exit the roadway.
04:09
It's a blue semi with a pipe on the back.
04:17
4, I passed it in. Did you get a campus dog time? Was he okay?
04:22
Ray, say he was good.
04:26
And Coy 3.3,
04:29
be advised. I got a next caller that says that that fire is between Glenn Polk and stepping out and the median.
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Near I-35, Gainesville, TX 76240
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