Fire crews respond to ammonia odor and backyard fires near Simpson Rd, Ashland KY
Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to reports of a strong ammonia odor and visible haze near Paul Coffey Industrial Park and Simpson Road. They found a fire at the rear of near Simpson Road and several other backyard fires nearby. The incident involved possible hazardous materials and brush burning.
Audio|Source: Boyd County Public Safety
07:4
Transcript:
00:00
Getting ready to come in to Paul Coffey? Where's your command post up?
00:02
Well, I'm trying to locate, they're giving us this address, but it was called in pure years, so I'm trying to locate where the source may be coming from.
00:12
Copy. Copy.
00:13
9401 dispatch.
00:14
9401. Show me on the scene.
00:17
9401 will be Paul Coff Industrial.
00:20
Command. 10-4[1].
00:24
40 J2 this match.
00:31
Chief 2nd. Go ahead.
00:32
Be honest as well.
00:33
Tommy on TV.
00:34
9401 to Chief Tooth.
00:39
Good. There is a very strong odor of ammonia.
00:45
We're going to try to locate the source.
00:46
It's coming from pure year.
00:48
I'm back by Anthony driving, picking up with some of it.
00:53
This batch two for one is in the area.
00:59
We do have a haze in the area.
01:01
Be investigating and be establishing 29th Street command.
01:04
For the engine, two, frozen.
01:05
29th and Lacey.
01:06
Command the engine two, what's your route of travel on this?
01:14
We're at 29 from Lacington right now.
01:17
Copy. When you come up, I want you to shoot down Hilton Avenue.
01:19
Take a look down that way.
01:21
Copy. Copy. We're using 2 this match.
01:23
Engine 2's in the area as well, investigating.
01:26
Copy in the area.
01:27
Command the engine 1. Engine 1, go ahead.
01:29
Are you coming down to Lexington?
01:30
Copy your radar.
01:31
I need you to come to Simpson Road. I found a fire at the rear of near Simpson Rd.
01:34
It looks like they're burning brush.
01:43
We lost it over on Hillton. We're heading back your way. Copy. I may need your booster line.
01:50
So if you want to go ahead and head up here to Sampson, I'm pretty sure this is probably what it is.
01:54
Blue Dobby. Tower 1 just last.
01:57
At the Virginia Boulevard, it's been a pure year source. Tower is on the scene of a moment.
02:05
9403 dispatch and show us in the area. Copy in the same. 9401. Agent 2 is on scene. Copy on scene.
02:13
Command engine 1. 2.1, go ahead. Gary, check those houses up there. They said there's two or three other fires in the backyards up through there. 10-4[1], be checking.
02:20
Yeah, we're here at Virginia Avenue, just up from you. If you want to stay here or come any closer. Sit the page there right now. We found the source. All coffee, industrial park command dispatch. Paul Coffey, command, go ahead.
02:39
See if you can make contact with Pure Year and see if we can get a representative up here. Stand for. 4D to 3 dispatch. Engine 3.
02:54
40 to 3, 40 to 3, 40 issue 1. We're on St. Virginia. 6 o'clock.
02:59
Copy, Inger 3, Rescue 1-on-1-2. Command 94-engine Burry, can you go over to the original call and get those people to evacuate the building?
03:03
Okay, where do we need to go to that? What was the original call from? What building was you talking about? Clear. Tower one covered, clear. Dispatch copy. Dispatch copy.
03:23
Season 2, Chief 2. Correctionage 3, my bad. Go ahead. Go ahead. Do you want us to stand by the pure year office area? We're at Kevin and Virginia now. Negative. Come into the pure rear trailer lot. If you go past Anthony, you'll see both G. Siegel over in a lot. We found a source. You're more likely going to have to make entry to confirm some stuff. Stop.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received
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Location mentioned:
Near Simpson Rd, Ashland, KY 41101
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