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Small brush fire extinguished near railroad tracks in VirginiaOrange County VA

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Old Rapidan Rd, Virginia

Fire crews responded to reports of smoke near Old Rapidan Road and railroad tracks in Orange County, Virginia. They found and extinguished a small brush fire smoldering along the tracks. There were no injuries or threats to nearby structures.

Audio|Source: Orange County Fire and EMS
03:12
Transcript:
00:00
Orange, brush 23.
00:02
Good.
00:05
Our MDT is down.
00:07
What call is reported to smoke in that area, is that all?
00:11
That's affirmative.
00:12
We received a call from Northfolk Southern in the area near Old Rapidan Road and Mooshed Shown of Plain, reference to smoke investigation.
00:18
They advise that they see smoke in the train tracks,
00:21
nothing additional.
00:26
Okay.
00:28
Hold it to us in 10 for now.
00:30
We'll advise.
00:37
All right momentarily.
00:41
Call Pepper Unit on December 14th and respondent.
00:46
We have a bus unit, Tanker, you respond to momentarily.
00:49
Direct, move your traffic to your response, please.
00:56
Orange Tankerton is responding. Tangerton is responding.
00:59
Tangerton, I have you responding.
01:05
Mr. Bruchstein is in the area investigating, you know, seeing smoke parking contained checking.
01:10
Everybody else can contain any priorities too.
01:17
Checking nothing in the area.
01:20
Nothing seen, everyone else can continue priority to, 14-57.
01:28
Do you still have the tanker on the line?
01:34
Correction, the caller on the line?
01:38
Negative.
01:43
My apologies, we received a call from North Pole Southern.
01:51
Okay, we're going to turn around and check the railroad tracks.
01:55
We need 23 units in tanker 10.
02:03
If you guys want to just hold off on old rapid-in road,
02:07
we'll check down the railroad tracks and we'll advise.
02:12
Okay, we're turning on river road now.
02:18
Orange, you can't check a gentle location station.
02:24
Okay.
02:29
We found the sources, but it's going to be a little, very little brush valve moldering.
02:36
We'll put it out.
02:37
All the other units can go in service.
02:40
Armstrong's drugged, break horns to brush 23, are you direct?
02:49
Trappin, we're on location and in-service.
02:53
Director Bracharnshaw, Tinkertown, are you direct?
03:00
Rush then, just be advised y'all have got a train coming from the north through the south area.
03:10
Tangerton, you can go, sirs.

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