Fire crews manage tree fire in Rowan County


Fire crews are responding to a tree fire in Rowan County. The fire is about 50-60 feet up in the tree and needs special equipment to handle it. The situation is under control, but a tree needs to be cut to avoid further danger.
Audio|Source: Rowan County Fire and EMS, Salisbury Fire
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3473. 650. 6.50. And we're under control. If you will page Ranger, one of the Rangers, have them meet me on 13. Number 650. Ranger 1, Copy direct. Is Officer 13? Copy Ranger 1. Ranger 1 to 6.50 on 13. Hey bud, I hate (name withheld). I need a tree cut. It's got trees. It's got a fire up in the snags about 50, 60 foot up. It's going to keep dropping hot stuff. If that's something you can do. Yeah, I can come out and we can figure out how to do it's taking care of him. It'll take me just a little bit of me out there. That's him full. We're right directly across from Patterson's. 10435. Yeah, I've got the address. I'm coming from the east side of the county, so like I said, it'll be 30 minutes or so to get there. At 104, yeah, he's burning beside it, something got up in it. I mean, he's fine what he's doing. He just got up there and called some of his tree up, and we've put all the water we can right now on it. Can I copy that? I'll see you a little bit.
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Rowan County, NC
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