Brush fire spreads across County Road 174 in Texas, Brown County TX
A brush fire occurred near County Road 174, Texas, spreading across the road and involving multiple fire units engaged in active suppression and containment. The fire was about half a mile long initially and later spread to the other side of the road. Emergency teams reported a female child injured with a head injury. Firefighters coordinated efforts, with some equipment holding positions near a gas well with pressure but no leaks. The fire covered approximately 25 acres and affected areas adjacent to county roads, with reinforcements requested to aid fire attack across the affected area.
Audio|Source: Brown County Public Safety
07:55
Transcript:
00:00
Fire is actually going to be. I'm going to go check and see if there's any structures out here.
00:14
3.05.
00:17
305, stand by, break.
00:19
505 from Brush 2, would you mark the gate, please.
00:22
Break.
00:23
305, go ahead.
00:26
I'm headed down to 06, you need any additional risk.
00:30
If you've got a side-by-side available, we're probably going to need it.
00:35
5.05, 301.
00:40
505 stand by a 305, your walk, do I repeat?
00:45
That received, I will load it up and head that way.
00:49
Received, break 505 brush two, go ahead.
00:53
Yes, sir, I am on scene. The fire has not jumped the county road yet. It's about a half a mile long. I do have a landowner down here that's going to go just south of me and open a double gate. I'm going to check the county road and see what else we got going on or do you open to go down there with the landowner at the gate.
01:08
As long as we got the gatemarker, everybody knows to go, that should work. I'll let you do your reconnaissance, you don't mind giving them back with me. Let me know what we got.
01:16
And if we're received.
01:22
...and apartment from fire dispatch. You're going to fall with injury. It's going to be an eight-year-old female with a head injury.
01:30
Color is not on scene. It's going to be third-party info.
01:40
174 we have low visibility smoke flames look like they're probably about 24 inches looks like it's safe to county road got some of the bar-ditch now 3-6 we're coming at safe as fast as we can 10 4
01:59
361 is interrap 2 on board
02:04
All right a bit of two, tournament is reporting a single group of overturned. Here we have a 94 at the column, what 3-101,
02:17
and I'll just kind of three times possible injuries.
02:31
Sit over here by the gate. Looks like it jumped the pasture across the county road.
02:36
It's going to be on the other side of 174.
02:39
Received. Confirm me that's going to be the north side of 174?
02:44
The 10-04 received.
02:48
Roast 2 is clear.
02:54
Motor hall and golf cart all kinds of things still behind.
02:58
He's there, I'm seeing that. As your questions, it can come out.
03:04
We're showing them.
03:08
24, semi-offloader.
03:13
Temperature 80 degrees, 80, relative humidity, 21%, 21%, winds are going to be south at 13, gusting to 16. Again, winds south at 13, gusting to 16.
03:33
I'm a response from Ircify Department.
03:39
With you again, I'm along Park One.
03:42
Are you at that same extension?
03:47
More Brown, I'm walking back, going to send me.
03:51
Okay, before, can you remind me that number?
03:58
Dispatch, brush two, county one.
04:04
Go ahead, brush two.
04:07
Yes, may have you any response from Birken fire department?
04:14
They're in-rout.
04:18
3-6.
04:20
803-4-5-7.
04:25
Head.
04:29
I'll be in route in Taker 1, brush 4, brush 5 will be in route shortly.
04:40
5.05-301.
04:43
Go ahead.
04:45
Yes, there be advised. A little pumper did stay on the north side of the property. There is a gas well that's got about a, I think you said, a hundred-something with pressure, no leaks.
04:56
Great Steve.
04:59
505, we are passing your vehicle right now. We're going to turn up 174 and take a look to see.
05:08
See, don't go ahead mark the gate over here.
05:12
Very safe.
05:19
All right safe. Off Navvy command.
05:25
Turn and call us about 25 acres going to be in a rail car, fire burns car.
05:30
Flame lengths are two feet. Fire has hit the County Road.
05:34
We do have fire across the County Road 174.
05:37
Brush 2 is going to be leaving the south side of 174 burning for now. It should be blocked on two sides by County Road.
05:47
Next-in unit, if you would come to 174 and assist us with fire attack across the pan.
05:58
Second.
06:02
We're out to that fire west of the market. One in route to that fire west of the market.
06:09
One for it.
06:14
We out to west end of South Concho.
06:19
Texas license plate of Victor Mike John 7410, that's Victor Mike John 7410. It's going to be a silver Amarada Nissan.
06:33
4.
06:39
Norman is said, show me on scene.
06:44
Class 12.
06:50
301 East Highland Avenue for follow up 21 number to contact if by then that he's coffee. This is let, let's love is going to be around that grass fire from standby.
07:09
(number withheld) speaking with bonded (name withheld) in reference to C.C.W for a (name withheld).
07:20
County Road 174, you remember where the tractor fire was a couple weeks ago?
07:25
Yes, sir.
07:27
Yeah, you're going to use that same entrance. We're going to have fire east of that main entrance gate, brush two is going in there now. That's going to deal with it. We're going to leave the south side of the 174 burnings right now since it has the two county roads bordering it. All right.
07:45
If you get another truck in here pretty scared, if you have another truck arrive on CNAX couple minutes, can you send them up to 174th? Stand for it, we'll do.
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Co Rd 174, Texas 76801
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