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Vehicle fire on eastbound I-64 near West Mercury Blvd 

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W Mercury Blvd, Hampton, VA 23669
A vehicle caught fire on eastbound I-64 near West Mercury Boulevard in Hampton. Fire units needed extra water to control the fire and manage fuel runoff. Traffic was stopped while the fire was being handled and spill containment was underway.
Audio|Source: Hampton Fire and Rescue
02:24

Transcript:
Let's addion to the tower, send an engine with more water capacity. Send engine 2. (name withheld) clear. Tower 1[2], mark it available. Engine 2[1] respond priority to east by 64 West Mercury Avenue for interstate vehicle fire, additional water needed. Edge 2 respond per sure. priority to east side 64 West mercury Boulevard and vehicle fireland and interstate additional water needed will be eastbound 64 squad one a hampton just with the amount of units that are coming out here and what we've got going on go ahead and sign attack channel and it's clear and move over to attack one The battalion one's on pack one. Okay, seven transport and VLS routine of care, boys. Squireland driver to Battalion One. Go ahead. As far as the truck goes, we've got that knocked out. We're knocking out some of the fuel that's coming downhill up against the Jersey wall. VDOTs utilizing their oil dry to try to dam and stop some of that fuel movement here. We've got Squat 10, which has to hopper. They're going to be pretty good assistance for getting this fuel up. When Engine 2 is coming down here, if you could coordinate with them and have them come westbound and the eastbound lane, because everything is shut down, it's going to be the best access for us to be able to utilize their water if we need to. Taking those right into Squad 1[3]. Okay. Yeah, Engine 2, you want to attack? Chilertack 1 real quick. 6 available. 2 is on top. 96. Hey, they're going to need you to go westbound and eastbound lanes. Go ahead and stage at the bottom of settlers.

Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Engine 2: Fire Engine 2
[2]
Tower 1: Fire Tower Truck 1
[3]
Squad 1: Fire Squad Unit 1

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Location mentioned:
W Mercury Blvd, Hampton, VA 23669
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