Wildfire burning along railroad tracks in South Carolina, Edgefield County SC
WildfireFire units are responding to multiple wildfires burning along railroad tracks near Windy Ridge Rd in South Carolina. Fire crews are coordinating with Norfolk Southern about train movements and working to control and extinguish the fires spreading in several locations along the tracks.
Audio|Source: Edgefield County Sheriff, Fire and EMS
04:48
Transcript:
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One point, two, okay.
00:04
David, I believe I heard Joe say he just needed a tanker.
00:07
Great, I just called to Josh.
00:09
Let's go ahead and care of brush, he said they got fires everywhere.
00:11
Temp him. Here, brush truck and two dikers.
00:13
No, I'll be, I'm not in town yet, I'll be that short.
00:15
202, this is 501.
00:16
Yeah. Uh,
00:18
yeah, Ken, just send me a tight-up, down here beat me in the railroad track and grain half.
00:22
10.4. You copy that, David?
00:24
I copy. 278, sent in route.
00:25
104.
00:26
5.01.
00:27
Go ahead. You got to need some water down there?
00:29
We got a hotel on the way here.
00:31
104. 5704. 5704, 501.
00:32
How far down the track of y'all?
00:37
That I don't know, they went back towards Gaspro.
00:41
Have they come back over Wednesdaysville yet?
00:43
No, they just went one way.
00:45
5-02 to Shannon.
00:46
County control of units out on Wendy Ridge, Norfolk Southern Advisor, they are done grinding for today.
00:52
Last unit, I couldn't copy any of that.
00:58
Yes, ma'am, I stand there through the train, the driver just standing up here.
01:04
Last unit, trial one more time, it sounds like somebody's trying to walk on you.
01:08
That's the weak copy.
01:09
They just come by.
01:10
The 501. The 501.
01:12
Yeah, go ahead.
01:13
You're coming back to where you went.
01:14
They're going to have to.
01:15
We still got some fire down here since we just the water.
01:17
Okay, so we got them nice, but we just started it all of something.
01:21
Which way of y'all headed now, Dave?
01:23
No, we still, at the 571, we're on the track, we just still say what were you left of there?
01:29
5.6, County Control.
01:30
Okay.
01:31
Temple. I know you probably already have, but you just verify with Norfolk.
01:35
If the trains are shut down, we still have fire on the tracks, then we're going to have to go back down and put out.
01:39
Temple. Temple.
01:40
278501. Yeah, go ahead.
01:42
Turning on Greenhouse Road now.
01:44
10-4[1]. We're sitting there waiting on you with 8th,4.
01:46
So we go back down the tracks.
01:48
278 is on scene.
01:49
Seven.
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10-4: Acknowledgement / Affirmative
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Location mentioned:
Windy Ridge Rd, South Carolina 29847
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