Wildfire affects 20 acres near Metro Ave and 146th St, Leavenworth County KS


Fire crews are fighting an uncontrolled grass fire covering about 20 acres near Metro Avenue and 146th Street, Fairmount Township. They are working to contain the fire and protect nearby property and hay bales. There is no suspicion of arson. The fire is spreading toward the tree line and nearby open land, with multiple units accessing the area to control the fire.
Audio|Source: Leavenworth County Volunteer Fire Grounds
06:32
Transcript:
00:00
Chief 2 from 21, on Support 1.
00:02
Let's kick one of the rest trucks down to Metro to come up 146 and see if we can access that there.
00:07
Baron out command, R765 on Support 6.
00:10
765, I don't want you to stay committed to Kansas Avenue, just so we have obvious to land those vehicles.
00:14
Confirming 140 second in Kansas.
00:16
The chairman, if you go west on Kansas, it would be just passed as we've been with a creek, sorry, just passing interstate bridge.
00:22
Copy that, we're about three out.
00:23
Chief 22, command.
00:24
District 2, rest 22, word 23.
00:26
Rest 23.
00:27
23, we are able, we need to get somebody down to 146 just north of Metro.
00:32
They get property, understand, by, so they do have access down there.
00:34
Flash 23 is in the field on the east side of the pipeline fence.
00:39
Flash 22 on the Lucan head out.
00:41
Got it, thank you.
00:42
I'm in. Go for command.
00:43
One of the south side of the fire.
00:45
We don't know that's immediate danger.
00:49
We do have quite about a...
00:51
Hey, there's next, but we do have a moving front on the south or pressure on the left side that we're going to try to cut off the head.
00:59
We do need additional resources for the black in south side.
01:03
Got to that break 7776.
01:07
Go ahead and back up and head down, back down the metro.
01:08
776. I want you guys to pack out and head out to Metro Avenue.
01:11
If you can get all the way through right there,
01:13
stand by, stand by, great.
01:14
That's 22 from command.
01:15
Go to every two.
01:16
Will 776 have access coming through there the way you did to where you need them?
01:20
In towards. They just come around all the way to the south.
01:22
There's an urgent field that they can get to where I am.
01:24
76 redirects.
01:25
In the hand, brush 22.
01:27
Brassion, could you repeat.
01:28
This is brush 22.
01:29
Just be advised, we do have high transfer on input or in the fire.
01:33
They do not appear to be on fire, no wise to fail.
01:35
Copy that. They're still for the ending, not an hazard.
01:40
Zero call. Copy that, thank you.
01:41
Engine 91 from command.
01:42
Engine 91 from command. Engine 91 from command on sports search.
01:44
7661 driver from coming on since.
01:46
Go ahead if you're 7661 driver.
01:47
If you haven't, go ahead and set up for Phil.
01:49
We're going to have that now with you to assist.
01:51
We're going to provide this now.
01:54
Thanks, sir.
01:55
7 o'clock from command o'clock you should be able to access that field with that trailer
02:06
soundline 763 uh correction 17663 this is 1756 on 4-5
02:13
104 You should be able to access that field directly behind 761.
02:15
We'll just unload and drop a trailer in there off of campus.
02:18
Copy that, sir.
02:19
Go ahead. 7-6-1 drive with the command.
02:21
Go for 7-6-1 driver.
02:22
Hey, if you can that engine 91 while they're still there with you, as soon as we get a stranger township here, they could go ahead and clear.
02:27
You might be standing by until one.
02:28
Copy. Okay.
02:29
Engine 991 copies, drive.
02:30
We're just turning around and going to pull up behind your engine again.
02:33
Thank you, sir.
02:34
Command G-42.
02:35
Go for Commit.
02:36
Go for Commence. This looks like it can end up being about 20 acres of free range that's involved.
02:41
You've got some stuff that's crutching into the tree line.
02:44
One more brush check up here would probably have you got a lot of mop-up.
02:48
There's about 30 hay goals that's on the south side of us about 30 feet away from the fire line.
02:56
There's a property on how we've got wet that down.
02:59
Okay, copies. We're going to have more 765 heading back to you here in just a minute.
03:02
17-463. On your arrival, do you think you can access this field? We'll just pull you down in here for a refill.
03:07
It's pretty solid.
03:08
Trying to fix one command.
03:09
Can you start taking a very long off the brush?
03:10
One's 23-hour and Henderson.
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Location mentioned:
Metro Ave & 146th St, Fairmount Township, KS 66012
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