Brush fire with explosions reported near government road, Damascus VA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a brush fire broke out on a hillside near Government Road in Damascus. Explosions were heard, possibly linked to a utility transformer. Responders were sent to the scene. Some nearby residents reported a power outage affecting a block of the area.
Audio|Heard on: Washington County and Bristol City Public Safety
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06:33
Transcript:
00:00
82 central.
00:04
Go ahead.
00:06
The old hillside's on fire.
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24, 1739.
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24, 74.
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44.
00:21
Please.
00:24
82 vise the whole hillside's on fire.
00:39
Station 1400.
00:49
I just heard an explosion somewhere else, Euclid Avenue with you.
00:56
I don't know.
00:57
Stay phone.
01:06
Someway around the streetmount.
01:10
Just about me can get any phone call.
01:16
247.
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2.57. 2.57.
01:24
Show me in service.
01:26
(number withheld).
01:31
286, central.
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286. 286.
01:37
You control myself in 291, 108.
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1048.
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1041742.
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Two, five, six.
01:48
Two top seven.
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What I do not need to have, if you're ready?
01:54
Green.
01:55
To meet two, three,
01:57
nine, two,
01:59
echo over tango to come back on a silver for Toyota.
02:04
Stand by.
02:10
Do you have traffic?
02:17
Yeah, bring what members you have and go ahead and respond in 146, wouldn't you? Damascus City report the hillsides on fire.
02:36
40, Damascus, Haiti.
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444 EOless, T2.
02:50
Go ahead.
02:57
He had a ride up Deadmore Street apartment.
03:00
A female call back in, said the girl and boy are out messing around in the breezeway again.
03:04
She's one officers to check the area.
03:10
Simple.
03:16
845 Central.
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845. 845.
03:21
108 in service.
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1743
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I'm not sure
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104 I'm coming up on you now
03:39
104 we're going to turn around thank you
03:54
So I have bridge 1444.
03:57
Put us in the area.
04:01
24-7, 224.
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Speed 8217, 2.004.
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Callers say what they were doing. Callers say what they were doing.
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258. I believe it's going to be.
04:33
I believe it's a transformer but it's going to be utility related.
04:36
I've got a pole number when you're ready.
04:45
(number withheld) B.E pole.
04:48
I believe it looks on me.
04:49
I spoke to a few residents here.
04:52
This is where they pointed in the direction, too.
04:56
Key, four. We've not had any complaints to power out.
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It's a row. Let me do you know.
05:05
Okay, central.
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Copy my last central going on, see.
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Central, 1745.
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813, Central.
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813.
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On dating.
05:31
1745. 1745.
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840.
05:47
Good evening and on duty.
05:53
1040, 1746.
06:03
258.
06:06
Go ahead. Go ahead.
06:08
I call B to you.
06:10
They've not had any calls about it.
06:12
It's been able to send a crew up there to check it.
06:15
Yeah, it's a tentfire.
06:16
I'm talking to the presence here.
06:18
This is a whole block is out.
06:23
The advice the whole block is out of power.
06:28
Stand for it.
06:29
Well, not the whole block pretty much as this whole corner here.
06:32
I'm talking to three people here.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Government Rd, Damascus, VA
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