Sugar cane field fire sends heavy smoke over roadway
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Lafourche Parish LA Fire Dispatch
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Central dispatch to Battalion One, Engine 92.
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Battalion One, Engine 92.
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Need to respond to the area of (number withheld) East Main Street.
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(number withheld) East Main Street.
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Called in by a concerned citizen advising of black smoke in the area.
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Dispatch time is 1650, KFP 363.
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Engine 92 is responding.
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Copy engine 92 responding.
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In the area of (number withheld) East Main Street for heavy smoke.
00:32
Caller could not tell us what direction it was coming from, just in that area and that it was colored black.
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701 Central, could you give me a light mark?
00:42
In the area of Lady Di Drive, Lady Di Drive.
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In the area of (number withheld), and I believe it's a sugar cane field.
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Burning in the back.
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Copy 907 responding.
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701 92.
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Go ahead. Engine 5, Ladybug Drive, it's not over there by East 48th Street.
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Copy that. 921 to Engine 90.
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90 copies direct, we'll be in service.
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I was just going to say if you wanted us to take it, if y'all had the fire, that's fine.
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We was fixing to leave, we're not out yet.
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We're passing East 69th Street.
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If you want us to take it.
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Okay, that's fine.
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Copy 921, central dispatch responding units to the area of East 48th Street.
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Code one, no lights and sirens.
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Code one, no lights and sirens.
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92701.
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Go ahead, 701.
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Just got off the phone with Mr.
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(name withheld).
01:42
They are burning the cane in the back of the street.
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So it is confirmed that it's a cane, the cane field on fire and not, not now.
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Dispatch, engine 9 is available for those areas.
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Copy that. 921 Central, be advised that from north of the Covelong Bridge all the way towards East 49th Street, it's heavy smoke in on the low area of the road.
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Copy 921 from north of the Covelong Bridge to East 49th Street, heavy smoke and low.
02:16
So somebody calls and complains.
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