Fire crews battle tank battery fire near Wellsville, Wellsville KS
Fire & ArsonMultiple fire crews, including mutual aid units, are actively fighting a fire at a tank battery near Wellsville. Specialized foam equipment is en route to assist. Firefighters are working to control the fire and protect nearby tanks by increasing water pressure on hoses and deploying additional handlines to the affected areas.
Audio|Source: Franklin County/Miami County Public Safety
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Transcript:
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Copy on scene 0833.
00:02
Break.
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Dispatch to command.
00:06
Command Reds.
00:08
Douglas County foam trailer is en route with a 34-minute ETA.
00:12
They are operating on N.E.4 PSAP.
00:16
Okay.
00:17
And show our fillside at the TA truck stop just outside Wellsville.
00:27
Copy, 0833.
00:35
Sandra, if you can go ahead and get backed around down here, go ahead and refill that dump tank.
00:55
Engine 85 firefighters to 1885 driver.
00:59
Can you open my pressure?
01:06
3561, Ottawa.
01:07
You can put us on scene on the old tank battery.
01:12
He's coming.
01:18
Can we get some more pressure through his line in the west?
01:27
575, command.
01:33
Safety to command.
01:36
Command, go ahead,
01:39
safety. We have a fire impingement on the third tank, the part of the south one.
01:44
We're trying to get water to this handline to protect it.
01:50
Command, copy.
01:51
Do you need another crew back there with you?
01:57
We might need two and a half and some water with some.
02:02
Okay.
02:08
Command information.
02:09
Can we bump this pressure up on this line in the west?
02:15
Command, go ahead, just man.
02:18
Engine 57 en route and T55 en route from ALAA.
02:23
They are not able to contact us on the radio.
02:27
Okay.
02:31
0837.
02:33
Charlie side, command.
02:41
Okay,
02:42
go ahead, Charlie, huh?
02:45
We can get another handline around the Charlie side so we can protect these other two tanks.
02:51
Okay, sailor crew is bringing a two and a half round.
02:58
Have your operator increase the pressure?
03:02
Okay.
03:08
75 to command.
03:13
Unicorn command, good.
03:15
Can you get some pressure on this line to the west fleet?
03:20
Okay, he's been advised.
03:22
He's pumping at 150.
03:24
We'll go ahead and church two and a half.
03:31
Charlie's at the command.
03:32
Thank you. We're making a good head on it.
03:39
Command, Leifah, G55.
03:41
I'm on scene to the north.
03:47
You have advice on scene?
03:52
Aleta G55 to the north.
03:55
Okay, 2.55, go ahead and proceed into the scene, part behind my white cart, just more to the scene.
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Location mentioned:
Wellsville, KS 66092
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