Firefighters contain fast-moving brush fire near Damascus Ave, Dunnellon FL
WildfireFirefighters responded to a fast-moving brush fire near Damascus Avenue in Dunnellon, Florida. Winds shifted and increased in strength, causing the fire to grow and change direction. Multiple firefighting units coordinated efforts to contain and control the fire, including deploying tractors and forestry resources. The fire was reported as contained with water applied at the head of the fire.
Audio|Source: Citrus County Fire
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Transcript:
00:00
The engine vehicles are out at this time.
00:03
We'll be transitioning to the brush fire now.
00:08
I acknowledge vehicle fire out at this time.
00:11
Switching to the brush fire.
00:16
Man,
00:18
Rush 9, are you able to make it back here to the head of the fire?
00:21
Wind's starting to pick up, it's moving heavily and fast.
00:28
Where are you in relation to where we were? Hit no strutroft.
00:34
Go north of the front of your engine.
00:37
I'm farther back.
00:43
It's pretty dense.
00:44
I'm going to try to find the way back there.
00:46
Are you talking about right in front of those trucks that we just put out,
00:49
what I can barely see?
00:52
That is correct.
00:53
Right in front of that tractor trailer, head north past that, and I'm probably about two to three hundred yards past it.
01:03
Okay, we'll try.
01:09
Engine 9 to Quad 7, or one of the incoming units.
01:14
Near Damascus, the residents are saying the planes are going back towards their house.
01:24
Squad 7, copy.
01:29
Brush 7, break off and go near Damascus.
01:34
See what you got.
01:40
It's all the way at the end of Damascus to the right.
01:48
Okay,
01:54
go ahead.
01:57
1014, 2 minutes down, 3.804.
02:02
Engine 14, just staged out on the hardtop.
02:05
We're trying to make Rushducks have access to this fire.
02:08
The head switching direction.
02:14
Directions pushing towards engine 20 at the moment.
02:21
Engine 9,
02:23
the captain 20. I'm going to make my way back there.
02:25
It's going to take the minute.
02:29
Command copy.
02:34
I'm in the area now where do you need me most.
02:49
The head is by Caesar Point, so if you want to drop in there and cut a line, it's pretty thick in here, so it's going to be hard for our brush.
02:59
I'll tell you soon.
03:02
Copy. You can go ahead and send that second tractor to the Damascus,
03:06
the other side of the fire.
03:12
Copy that.
03:19
4362, second tractor, Damascus.
03:22
Good copy.
03:27
Man.
03:30
Hey man, go ahead.
03:32
Do you have an updated size up?
03:38
Growing probably five to six now, the wind's picking up.
03:43
10-4-5-to-6 with the wind picking up.
03:46
Oh,
03:50
go.
03:55
Squad suns on scene stage and sees right.
04:03
If winds change direction over here, we'll advise.
04:08
Brass 7, you need to go to Fire 1.
04:10
You came across Fireman.
04:15
14,000. 14 on team.
04:19
14 on team.
04:22
Brush 7s on scene, near Damascus.
04:27
Wind's changed direction.
04:28
We're going to try and knock it down over here.
04:35
14 is on team.
04:36
Command already naming.
04:39
Stand by. I'm talking to Forestry.
04:40
I'm talking to Forestry.
04:45
Driver 2 for driver.
04:47
Driver 20.
04:52
Command, Citrus.
04:53
Forestry's on scene.
04:54
They're dropping the track.
05:00
7 officer to engine 20 driver,
05:03
what do you need over here?
05:07
I don't know if you guys are going to be able to make it back here in the brush truck.
05:10
You might just want to wait for this tractor to get some headway.
05:12
I've got a head that's pushing to my right but I cannot reach it and you guys aren't going to get back here at that brush truck.
05:21
We're back here with the brush truck.
05:28
Engine 9, command, we're at the head of it now.
05:31
We've got water on it, we're stopping now.
05:37
We can't do sit there's on one thing.
05:40
The Italian 2 on scene.
05:42
The Italian 2, the command.
05:44
Has anybody made it out to Dunklin, see if it's pushing that way?
05:52
Get it all in, brush 14 now.
05:56
Copy. I'm pulling down Caesar now.
05:59
I'll go ahead and assume command.
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Location mentioned:
Near N Damascus Ave, Dunnellon, FL 34433
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