Wildfire burns grasslands near Highway 4 in California, Calaveras County CA


A wildfire is burning through grasslands near Highway 4 in California. Firefighters are using air and ground resources, including air tankers, to contain the fire. Flames are backing into greenbelts, and there is a new spot fire of about two acres further into the valley. Fire crews are actively working to assess and control the multiple fire areas.
Audio|Source: *CalFire TCU, USFS STF
06:49
Transcript:
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On here, and service to Crabtree Project Works.
00:03
The Crabtree is really easy.
00:05
In 4411.
00:07
Tender 241-0818.
00:10
Tender 241.018. 2.2 I see. Airtime 440.
00:18
And 440.
00:22
83.
00:23
I don't know if you've tried, but if there's any blasts at NorthOck.
00:28
Definitely use them.
00:29
If we have any type 1 tankers available, I'd like to put a request in for two of them right now.
00:35
Back 440 confirming 2-3 or 2-2-2-2-2.
00:41
2-2.
00:42
Contact 440-0-821.
00:44
440, just coming off of Columbia, and we just want to make sure which one we're going to, the one that's got the most column, on the one that's the Middle East.
00:54
We're going to take that for the one that's 5.
00:56
One foot, we'll call that 2-3, and it's kind of burning up on top of the null right now.
01:03
And we're using officer.
01:04
I'm currently 3,500 over the fire in the valley.
01:08
2,000 below, a couple of 3,000 of the valley.
01:13
We'll hit to the 2-3 incident.
01:15
It's not just coming right. 601 is off for 8.0.
01:18
2.3 right now.
01:19
There's up there.
01:20
And there's IC[1], 2.3 IC is up on here now.
01:25
601, 7 miles.
01:27
Air Taxi 2.
01:29
6-0-0-7-2, triple-9.
01:32
And we've been released from the 2-3 of the responding to the 2-2-2.
01:36
Confirming both instances running on the same card.
01:38
Confirming both instances running on the same card.
01:42
The base line forward on beam.
01:43
Sandraeus AirTac 440, Command 12.
01:45
A request to know we run the 2-2 and 2-3 incidents both on the same air frequencies.
01:51
I'll maintain control bolt incidents.
01:54
Air Attack[2] 440-024.
01:56
2. 2, I see. Airact 440, very now.
02:02
It looks like activity is moderated.
02:05
A second.
02:06
That's like to be in the priority.
02:07
Standard Air Fendiporty-4-54-4 in quarter of all still.
02:10
14454-0-825.
02:11
5 seconds.
02:14
Everything on the east side of the fire that's, you know, the north side of highway 4 is kind of just backing right now.
02:22
And your left flanked on the north side of 4.
02:24
It's kind of flanking, it looks like the head kind of petered out into some set off grass, but it's just still flanking a lot of open line on your left flank highway 4.
02:33
He got maybe 100 to 150 yards of open line right now and the engines working that right now.
02:41
Two inches working towards each other.
02:42
The rest of it's kind of petered out.
02:44
The heels, a little bit activity at the heel and it's backing towards a green belt.
02:48
You do have some activity in the middle of my one so he's just going to burn themselves out.
02:52
But everything's looking good on the south side of four.
02:54
We do have a new start further into the valley.
02:57
probably two acres right now.
02:59
I'm going to go get eyes on, but it's just going to run into an act field right now.
03:03
Quote me a copter in 2.3, I hear the ground.
03:06
For 601. All right.
03:08
Priorities that you see, I got Division Alpha up there and Division Romeo working their house.
03:13
They're just working into fire, but as of now we only have two people, please, still on the ground up there.
03:16
Six01 copies.
03:17
The line is clear, and we work at 9 Whiskey Lima and 601 with you.
03:21
Got it out, 9 Whiskey Lima.
03:22
And I'm listening to the company's all that direct.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
IC: Incident Command
[2]
Air Attack: Aerial Firefighting Command
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Location mentioned:
CA-4, California
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