Grass fire threatens woods and homes near Columbia City, Whitley County IN
Fire & ArsonMultiple firefighting units are working to contain a grass fire near County Rd 800 S by Columbia City, Indiana. The fire is threatening nearby woods and houses. Efforts include grass rigs, tankers, and tractors coordinating to stop the fire from spreading to residential areas and forest.
Audio|Source: Whitley County Fire Operations
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Transcript:
00:00
If you all need to go to the other side.
00:07
Sir, get me in the black and we're going to start working this.
00:15
Sir, get to the west side of this. Get to the left side of this.
00:23
County 512 off for Columbia City with a grass rig.
00:30
Clear 512, Columbia City with a grass rig.
00:33
Sir, back me up.
00:42
Sir,
00:46
we need to get this northwest edge here, this northwest edge before it gets in the woods.
00:55
512, fire dispatch option 3.
00:58
Go ahead.
01:01
The 3911 want you to be aware that there is a tractor and disk on its way. Someone will have to flag it down so that he knows where to go.
01:10
I'm clear. So glad to start this dad this way, we're going to need it.
01:15
His dad won't be able to... We've got a lot of fire here.
01:21
Clear.
01:28
Kurt, keep going all the way back. Let's just work this north end.
01:36
Go straight.
01:41
We're at a quarter tank.
01:44
County for 800 South Command.
01:46
We've got an ETA on my next grass rig and tanker.
01:55
512, we've got grass rigs from Columbia and Columbia City.
01:59
I'm not sure about a tanker. We'll check with Huntington.
02:05
It should start me tip us with a tanker as well, please.
02:10
Clear on 50th. This is a tanker.
02:13
512, 312.
02:16
Go ahead.
02:19
You two grass rigs about a 9th on high school and we'll have a tanker wrap here shortly.
02:25
Wait.
02:31
512, 9-11, after 3.
02:39
Go ahead for five full of the jet nothing.
02:45
Your 43, your tractor and disk is probably five minutes away. You should be coming in the same entrance that we used last time.
02:53
It's going to be a different field, oh, I'm sorry, same field,
02:58
different side. It's going to be over here just on the east side a lot, right across for Brewer's spot.
03:08
Not clear, I'll let them now.
03:12
Kurt,
03:13
let's see if we can get ahead of this fire shot before it gets over here to these houses and walls.
03:24
512, truck 106 on Ops Channel, we're at 400 South and State Road 9. We've got an assignment.
03:34
Kurt, get out of here, it's hot.
03:42
106.
03:48
Stand by.
03:51
We're out of water. Get over here to this pond. We're going to try and suck some water out of that. I don't care what pond we go to.
03:57
I'm just going to suck water out of it.
04:00
Fire dispatch 305 now.
04:05
305. 3.05.
04:07
Go ahead with your traffic.
04:14
106 command,
04:16
go ahead with your traffic.
04:21
Fire 112, or fire 512. This is truck 106, just asking for an assignment.
04:27
We're at State Road 14 and 9.
04:32
When you get in here,
04:34
I need you guys to try and get to the east side of this.
04:38
I'm sorry, the west side of this, towards the house as closest to lawn.
04:43
I need to get this stop before it gets over there.
04:49
Truck 106 clear.
04:52
A little bit more.
04:55
You're getting there.
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County Rd 800 S, Indiana
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