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Smoking pile of leaves near tractor prompts fire checkGorham ME

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Near South St, Gorham, ME 04038

A fire department responded to a report of a pile of leaves smoking next to a tractor near South Street, close to Strawberry Lane and Brody's Way in Gorham, ME. There was no one near the smoking pile, and a burn permit had been issued for the site, but it was uncertain if it was valid for that day. The fire department arrived and investigated the situation.

Audio|Source: Cumberland County Public Safety
04:11
Transcript:
00:00
I'm going to go check on that fire first.
00:07
It's a pile of leaves by a tractor.
00:11
No one around it.
00:14
Luxon engine 422, the back and quarters.
00:16
Okay,
00:19
addfold.
00:26
Thank you.
00:29
Before I'm on the air, Stilbox 256, Gorman Engine 2, near South St, cross Strawberry Lane and Brody's Way for a report of a pile of leaves by a tractor smoking.
00:41
Alpha Lover response, repeating,
00:43
Stillbox, 256, Gorman Engine 2,
00:47
Near South St, cross Strawberry Lane, and Broody's Way,
00:51
for a report of a pile of leaves smoking next to a tractor.
00:56
Alpha, upper response, Pirmerton, 1130. Ray,
01:00
2008 Lexus RX, registered to (name withheld), born in 47 out of Woburn, Mass.
01:12
File on from engine two. Copy.
01:15
And two, bud.
01:19
We'll be responding.
01:22
Copy engine two, you're in route. There's no one around it.
01:27
There's no one around it.
01:32
Standforth.
01:39
345 cutting.
01:40
I'll be out 13 brown have.
01:43
10.
01:49
20. 29.
01:52
29. 29. 29. 29.
01:54
2nd in 2.
01:57
Go ahead.
01:59
There is a burn permit for the site.
02:02
I'll audit it to the call.
02:07
10.4. Thank you.
02:13
So for the 755.
02:17
29, counter.
02:19
29. 29.
02:22
Took another traffic complaint.
02:24
This one's going to be at 52 cells. Callers no longer with it, but they did two transit bands with New York plates,
02:32
one of them had a camry with them, was doing over 100.
02:35
You know, we'd push in the call-off road.
02:38
10-4[1].
02:41
10-4[1]. We are looking on the permit site and it looks like the owner has a burn permit, but that was for yesterday. I'm not sure if he meant to have it for 24 hours.
02:52
Apparently it nearly ran a caller off the roadway on I-95.
02:56
Did the exit at 42 on to paint or approximately four minutes ago?
03:01
Less than 10 feet by 10 feet.
03:10
Step 4, we copy.
03:18
He's got a hose all set up.
03:20
He's trying to make contact with them.
03:23
We can get a little water on it.
03:27
Set 4. Gorm, engine 2 is already going in room.
03:34
10 of Gorm 30, are you all set?
03:42
County Gorms 30.
03:44
Are you all set?
03:46
All set.
03:49
Step four.
03:55
File after engine two.
03:58
Engine two, go ahead.
04:02
Run, scene.
04:04
We do see a smoking pile.
04:06
We'll be out investigating.
04:09
Copy engine two.
04:10
Smoking Poth.
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement or confirmation that a message has been received and understood.

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Near South St, Gorham, ME 04038

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