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Illegal burn reported along railroad tracks near highway 52Winston Salem NC

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E Twenty-First St, Winston-Salem, NC 27105

According to the dispatch call, fire units responded to a small, illegal burn smoldering on railroad tracks near East Twenty-first Street and Highway 52. The fire was monitored and controlled without escalation.

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00:00
Engine One, Battalion Three, Fire Investigator One.
00:04
Responding to the illegal burn near East Twenty-first Street.
00:09
Caller was Norfolk Southern Railroad.
00:12
Advised small smoldering fire on the railroad track.
00:16
Will be running parallel along Highway 52.
00:19
Control from Engine One.
00:22
Go ahead. Show Brush One responding as well.
00:25
Copy, Brush One responding as well.
00:28
Battalion three out in the area.
00:29
Battalion three, ten four.
00:31
Battalion three to Norfolk Southern Railroad representative, advise come down East Twenty-first Street all the way to the dead end.
00:39
Copy, East Twenty-first to the dead end of the one battalion three.
00:43
Go ahead.
00:44
Hey, when you get to the dead end on Twenty-first, just bring a water can.
00:48
It's just smoldering.
00:49
Once it gets so saturated, we'll be okay.
00:52
Copy, bringing a water can.
00:55
Investigator one, copy.
00:57
Go ahead, senior.
00:58
All units responding to 21st, you can return to service.

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E Twenty-First St, Winston-Salem, NC 27105

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