Brush fire near highway caused by resident burning, St Louis County MO


The fire department responded to smoke near a billboard by the highway. They found a resident burning brush in the backyard next to the highway.
Audio|Source: St. Louis County Fire and EMS - South
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Transcript:
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1770, we're on the scene northbound,
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5 north of Merrimack Bottom.
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We have some smoke by a billboard, trying to see if we can access it from here.
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1770 on scene, some smoke by a billboard, attempting to investigate.
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1770, you want any other equipment?
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17 kuger cheek 17 will you require any more equipment? Can you dispatch one more pumper for blocking please? Kind of clear.
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1770 central counter.
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1770 are on this page which is the name.
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This is a guy burning Rush, his backyard that backs up to the highway.
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We're going to try and relocate over off a hawkins fuse.
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That's clarity. One 15 responding.
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St. Louis County, MO
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