Tree blocks Hines Road after small fire, Richmond VA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a report of a fallen tree and small fire near Hines Road in Richmond, Virginia. The fire was extinguished before it spread, but the roadway remained blocked. Units approached from alternate routes, and police were requested to assist with traffic control. No injuries or property damage were reported beyond the roadway obstruction.
Audio|Heard on: Henrico County Division of Fire
Listen to dispatch call
02:17
Transcript:
00:00
Go ahead, Engine 314.
00:03
Go ahead and send multiple companies from the other direction.
00:08
We are on Hines, unable to get through.
00:11
There's a tree all the way across the road near Hines Road.
00:15
So we're going to check and see if this is where the other side of the ignition is.
00:20
But units are not going to be able to get through this way.
00:22
They're going to have to come in from Elko Road.
00:27
Engine 314.
00:28
To correction, engine 304 to engine 314.
00:38
From up Hines that way, we're going to take the brush truck cut through some of these yards and get around near Hines Road and see what we got going on over there.
00:45
I've got no smoke with nothing visible right now.
00:48
We're probably about a block away.
00:52
Okay, we're going to be coming in off of Elko.
00:55
On the Elko side to Hines Road.
00:58
Battalion 302 is coming in that way as well.
01:03
See if other units responding to Hines Road just be advised.
01:07
Homeowner states that the fire is nearly out.
01:09
They've got it controlled, not affecting the residents at this time.
01:22
Six six.
01:25
I'm going to need HPD to shut down just where most cars are.
01:33
Six house.
01:39
Engine 311 is on scene.
01:41
Single story office complex, nothing visible from side alpha delta charlie.
01:46
Put a drain on how to command.
01:48
Building does not appear to be occupied.
01:55
Right, Brush 314 copy.
02:06
The correct address, near Hines Road.
02:09
There is no fire.
02:12
The fire that was here is out.
02:15
We just need some help getting it off the road.
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Location mentioned:
Hines Rd, Richmond, VA 23231
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