Brushfire near Jackson County airport sparks road closures and evacuations, Jackson County MS
WildfireA rapidly advancing brushfire near Jackson County airport prompts evacuations, road closures, and intense firefighting to protect homes and manage traffic routes.
Audio|Source: Jackson County Public Safety and MSWIN
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Transcript:
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Do you look very south where you're at behind that little building got some cars? I think the fire's going to do that grass.
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I know which one I get.
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Oh, we know which one I get.
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Avisor 149, that 124 is the unit that's down south.
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I'm in state line.
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So I have to keep bumping down on Blue Road.
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Just keep bumping down on the Blue Road towards the airport.
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If you copy that, you can move west of the Point of Shane.
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When you get here, you go west to Pointe Shane.
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Chief, I agree,
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in the direction of trouble.
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However, that eastern side flank, it is slow moving through that brush.
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The already cleared San Hill Crane.
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However, there are a couple hundred yards out there's a thick, thick canvas of trees.
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If it ends up getting to that, we're going to have a whole different problem.
01:16
So far, he says it'll be another 30 minutes for a day.
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Oh, yeah, just some pressure protection this time.
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Yeah,
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cool.
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Been there, huh?
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Yeah, you gonna do that.
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They're starting to get pretty busy right here.
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I just don't try to shut down the south, ma'am.
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Infall.
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Command 12.
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Okay.
02:05
You have an available unit to help me shut down southbound Fountain Blue Road at Opel, Spanish Trail, right there at the airport.
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We've got this brushfire moving across.
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Traffics can kind of act up in this area.
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If there's traffic in this area, when the fire crosses the road,
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it's going to be bad.
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Yep,
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it's your way, so that's good.
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Everybody knock on their doors, make sure they're aware.
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See for a follow-up.
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Any more.
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17 months, excuse me, I'm starting, I'm going handles.
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I don't have to be able to loss.
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Roadway, any traffic shutdown?
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Before, I'll begin to refra from Washington in the 90.
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Forty-one's, I'm close, I'll take that you, sir.
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Georgia or Challenger, olive green with black effects.
03:31
Hello?
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Man, (name withheld), where are you going to be at when I get that way?
03:43
I'm 40s tonight.
03:47
Hello?
03:52
Thank you.
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File 11 is going to continue heading towards Tanner Williams until your 43.
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Peanut.
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Go ahead if I was.
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I'm just advising I'm going to keep coming your way into your 43.
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We're down in the bottom with it now, it's just low burning.
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I got all of it knocked out.
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We've got the kid that was in danger, got it knocked out.
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We're just going to go for command.
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We're pulling up behind the Bell Mountain Baptist Church, had some risen with some of the fires kind of spreading back in here.
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We're going to go see what we can do.
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Simple.
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Burning across from the villa, we're going to take it out real quick.
04:57
Helpful.
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Simple. Simple.
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Okay.
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I'm putting.
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I'm free from through the underbrush.
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Having it's typical with our player up.
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Ten-four. So we have over here too.
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We have a brush on.
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So I put it out with what we need to help.
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Y'all can need more personal there?
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It keeps creeping, I think.
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We may be okay for a little bit.
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Everybody evacuated out of this house, including the physically handicapped.
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So we are good to go on that.
06:09
For if can direct all traffic to go up Panshaw, I'll go down to,
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I'll come down to there and maybe go up old Spanish Institute right on right.
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I'm passing the PD right now.
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Fountainbleau Rd, Mississippi 39564
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