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Brush fire caused by downed power line near highwayCocke County TN

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US-321 & Old Parrottsville Hwy, Tennessee 37843

A brush fire started near Highway 321 and Old Parrottsville Highway in Newport after a power line fell. The fire spread across the road and up a bank. Fire crews responded to contain and extinguish the fire.

Audio|Source: Cocke County Sheriff, Fire, and EMS, Newport Police and Fire
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Transcript:
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Just past the Paris School Fire.
00:02
Need to be enraised at Highway 321.
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Highway 321 just down from Old Parrottsville Highway.
00:07
Got a report of a power line in sale.
00:09
Caught the brush on fire.
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Got the brush on fire.
00:19
There's got a lot.
00:28
Engine 144s and round three on board.
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1026.
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Hey, Luke.
00:45
Go ahead.
00:47
Go ahead.
00:55
I'm going to be.
01:08
It's Cocke County Fire.
01:09
You can also be around the Highway 321, just down from Old Parrottsville Highway,
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at a power line falls, caught the median, the brush on fire.
01:19
It's now crossed over the road.
01:22
It's crossed the other side of the road on fire also.
01:26
Good coffee dispatch.
01:28
The 77 is going to be cleared up from this fire alarm over here on PINCOLA and we'll be responding.
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City 1427.
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1403, 1404.
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77 to Paris and fire.
01:59
That's 14.03, go-head, huh?
02:05
Okay, we're about 14 minutes out, so just letting you know.
02:12
Central, is that going to be on the Newport side or is the Green County side?
02:18
It's going to be on the Newport side right there as a construction.
02:23
Good copy. All personally, anything comes to be advised to be alerted address.
02:26
It's not correct.
02:27
It's going to be down by that detour.
02:32
Scott.
02:37
We're 1402 in round.
02:46
1404, 1403.
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Cliff.
02:52
We'll go get the brush truck.
02:57
That's what I'm grabbing right now.
03:01
Okay, got it.
03:07
1401, engine forward.
03:09
That's got pictures of it.
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It's in the median and going up the same-tie side.
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The same tie side.
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The 40 copy, 1401.
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Go ahead, everyone.
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Hey, it's right in front of Polly's brother (name withheld)'s house.
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It's in the meeting and it's going up to the bank on the same tide side.
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I've got some pictures of it.
03:39
Good cop.
03:48
Staying from fire from brush truck.
03:49
Four teams gonna be on board.
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1402, you need anything else or do me to go straight there?

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US-321 & Old Parrottsville Hwy, Tennessee 37843

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