Hay fire reignites and spreads near Highway 6, Carbon TX
Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to thick smoke from a hay fire near Highway 6. The fire was from hay that had been burning and reignited into a larger pile. The homeowner tried to manage the fire, but it spread to a new pile of hay. Fire trucks were dispatched to control and extinguish the fire, which was growing in size.
Audio|Source: Carbon Fire
03:30
Transcript:
00:00
East Wing County Station 1.
00:02
Station 1. Have a report of thick smoke, heavy smoke.
00:07
I believe it's coming from near Highway 6.
00:13
Callers said it was light, but it is getting bigger and thicker. Time at 1440.
00:25
Chief Juan Dispatch.
00:29
One, go ahead.
00:31
Dispatch, I'll run out and check that. It's going to be really close to that address we talked about earlier.
00:38
That hay that's been burning now for some time, but I'll keep trucks rolling.
00:47
For our receipt.
00:56
Chief Juan all units on carbon fire.
01:00
I'm going to run check this. I think it's going to be here.
01:03
That's probably coming from that hay from last Saturday.
01:08
Chief on any other unit on carbon fire.
01:24
Steven Dutton, keep going on car the fire.
01:28
Hey, Steven, I think it said, hey,
01:32
I got a call about it this morning from dispatch, and that's what it was, and that's the same address.
01:37
So,
01:39
don't rush yourself, I'm going to ease out there, and I'll let you know pretty quick.
01:46
Please, Steve, I'm headed to the station for my house, so it'll be a commitment.
01:51
Recease.
02:03
Chief One dispatch, I'm going to be on scene.
02:05
It is going to be that hay smoldering again. I'm going to ease down here and talk with the owner.
02:13
Chief One on scene, 1446.
02:32
189 to the chief one on carbon fire.
02:40
Go ahead.
02:42
Go ahead.
02:44
We're just going to let that smolder or do you need me to bring something to put it out?
02:49
Yeah, I want to need something out here.
02:52
We see.
02:59
Chief Horn Dispatch.
03:09
Yeah,
03:11
dispatch,
03:12
the homeowner was out here, kind of flipping this, trying to get it to burn out, and what happened is it flipped over into a whole new pile,
03:21
a large pile of hay. So I'm going to have to get some trucks out here to get this knocked down, and we're going to have a mess.
03:28
So I do have some trucks be en route shortly.
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Location mentioned:
Near 6, Carbon, TX 76435
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