Large wildfire spreads near Hammer Run Road, Pendleton County WV
WildfireFirefighters and law enforcement responded to a large brush fire near Strata Road off Hammer Run Road in West Virginia. The fire was spreading quickly, driven uphill by strong winds. Multiple brush trucks and tankers were deployed to contain and control the fire, with efforts focused on creating containment lines and stopping the fire's advance.
Audio|Source: Pendleton County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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OPCER 24 Strata Road off the Hammer Run Road, standby for the brush fire.
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3.04.
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Okay, let's be out to be.
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3.04-24.
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All PCER,
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24th, Strawn Road off of Hammer Run Road,
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standby for the brush fire.
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Three, six, seven.
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Elkins, ten, ten forty two.
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Elkins, three, six, seven, two, four.
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Ben, con, three verse, thirty-eight on scene.
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38 on scene, sixteen, ten-o-one.
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Six-five, seven, ocon, to myself, and two-nine to be ten-seven, ten-fourty.
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Six, five, seven.
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Two-six, bouncer, con.
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Well, the writer, sir.
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We'll see what we can do.
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Great, zero one to trip.
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Two zero one to trip.
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Two zero one to trip.
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Hey, Ricker.
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Elton Conlinic 61 in route to RMH.
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Any available law enforcement for traffic control and reach Creek Road.
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61 in route to RMH, 1602.
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You all get up early, let me know if that's a good access point for me to send the next brush drop. If you can get all the way around it, everything on the top, I'll send you another one.
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And maybe we can stop at its tracks.
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Copy. Copy.
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1201.com center, I'll be on my way.
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2.01-206. Any un-non-emergency traffic take to a different call can or holler 9116.
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104.
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POSCOM. 206.
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Law enforcement is heading your direction.
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104, thanks.
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Fresh 44 PILMCOM.
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201. Go ahead.
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We're en route to the brush fire.
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10th, we're in route to the brush fire, 1603, transmissions on TAC 2.
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Trent, let me know when you're at Tawton, where you can stop, try to stop all this, please.
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Come back.
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Wind's picking up, driving down the hill. Let me know when you're up top.
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And let me know as soon as you care about being able to get ahead of everything.
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And Jerry, you're at the top.
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It just keeps jumping the fireline and it's rolling.
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There comes 27.
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27. 27.
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2009, Elkins, 1077.
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Two one is two six five.
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Pelkins 10.4, how good doing?
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Go ahead.
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Send the upper track to Mike Alts there that we had rolled out, send it up that road where 27 was.
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I got it cleared and we've got ahead of it here.
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Stand for him, heading back again now. I'm trying to send him to you.
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The right front flank is moving up the hill fast. I don't know if we got anybody on the right side or even trying to stop it on the right side yet.
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Duke's the one. Do you want to sit somebody on that right side? Go ahead.
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I want you to go one out bike, one out your road is what Warren's asking for. For you to come one out, we're 27 dead.
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201, what's my next reclost rush unit? 44,
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28, talk to me.
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2.01,
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28, 23, just started up North Mountain from Judy Gap.
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201, you said, grab one out here.
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That's right. They're waiting for you on out that road where 27 is. Warren's got to stop.
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You just need your water on that left flank.
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And then we're going to have to work.
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Guys, go ahead, pull my left.
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We can't move.
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One, three, two, Robles. I'll be 107, 1042.
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Helton, 132, 104.
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Tanker 25, starting down the back side of North Mild. We'll be there in a little bit.
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10 4.25, I just need 28, at least 28 here pretty quick.
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Going rural club with 27.
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Okay, so you can hit both sides of it?
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206 tanker 25.
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Engines coming from North Fork, turn down, restrict road in the flats.
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Come down that way.
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Two of one, I've got 30 feet up here now with us.
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We're gonna try to get it from them down.
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Do you say, did I need to send the rest of the brush trucks up to the road that you access, correct?
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Yeah, for the...
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Guy that you followed up here, see if you can send him back from our location so we can make a line to where that is and I'll have him to mark it.
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I left him out the passenger field.
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Gentleman 201.201.
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Good, Jared.
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The federal people want to know, is this all on private or is the federal coast?
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You cut out, I'm sorry, can you repeat?
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Is this close to any federal land or is this all private?
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This is...
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We've cleaned it all the way around it. We're working down the right side of it. Just give me another brush truck and some water on top.
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Where it's drink's at?
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Hammer Run Rd, West Virginia
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