Brush fire spreading near Victory Road in Jim Wells County, Jim Wells County TX
Fire & ArsonA brush fire started near Victory Road in Jim Wells County, Texas. The fire is spreading through heavy brush and jumping fences along County Roads 120 and 170. Multiple brush trucks and tankers have been requested to control the fire. Firefighters are attempting to stop the fire from spreading further into the brush and are working around gates and fences to access the affected areas.
Audio|Source: Jim Wells County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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2100 brush four on arrival get the right flank of this fire try and stop it from going into that heavy brush
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copy that right flank right flank
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Break here to command.
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With our next assignment, RV secured.
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Receive, hit that left flank, Matt, and work it all the way down to the head.
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Receive.
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Receive. Rush, four coming in from your west side.
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Command.
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Okay, can I just start hitting it from the road back this way where that black vehicle is at? Working all the way on this right side.
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Tommy up.
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Hi, Commander, are you on 120?
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No, that's negative.
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We're going to be off of 120.
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On 170, you're going to go south, and this is going to be the first gate on the caliche road first,
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on the left-hand side.
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I'm going to go ahead and put a cone out there.
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Copy, we're on 120, we passed you.
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We'll come back.
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Okay.
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170, Command, Jimmove.
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Brush for, Jimbo, shows on scene.
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For brush for brush for.
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Command, Jim Wells, if you can, go ahead and notify Orange Grove to send me brush trucks as well.
02:02
24th.
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The address is going to be near Victory Road.
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It's on 170 off of 120.
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I'm going to have a call marking the gate.
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First more command.
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Fire right flank of fire and jump the fence.
02:25
Received. I'm ordering resources as we speak.
02:30
We're going to try our way, make our way around and see we can get, find a gate or something, or if not we're going to go over the fence.
02:39
Okay, we've got an electric fence here.
02:41
All right, let me speak with owner.
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There is a road right here where it jumped.
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Copy that. When it's your way?
02:52
Uh,
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no, if it's easier for you to do what you're going to do over there, just do it.
02:57
I mean, that we just hit a bunch of brush, so.
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Let me see what I can do.
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Okay, let me get, uh, just go ahead and make this, make your way over here.
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Uh, towards the front and where this road is at, and, uh,
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we'll just make entry.
03:13
Yeah, well, 2000, do you all me to pay jobs, uh, bimbo's with a brush truck or not?
03:20
2100 Jimba that's going to be negative for right now.
03:22
Just send me Orange Grove, two brush trucks, one tanker.
03:28
Right now just for information on ordering additional resources from the state.
03:34
Count 4 received.
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And the second unit is already en route as well for more than 12.
03:43
Okay, Jimah, thank you.
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Press, new command.
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Pressure, command.
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Pressure, command. Pressure, command.
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Brist your grid.
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We made it.
04:07
It looks like we have two small heads moving.
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We're already on the south end of it.
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The left side is edge,
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making good progress.
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As soon as we knock this head out, we're going to move over.
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We have visual on the second edge.
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We'll be port that radio tower.
04:25
Okay, just for all information, I do have resources coming in.
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So if you can't get to it, because of the heavy brush, notify me, please.
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Free T. Free T.
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Okay.
04:44
Without that, there's a large spot fire.
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We should be able to handle it.
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This is going to knock out this head.
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Okay, you got walked over, go ahead.
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Victory Rd, Texas 78332
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