Controlled pile burn mistaken for commercial fire alarm, Edwards CO
Firefighters responded to a fire alarm at the EagleVail Exchange in Edwards. After investigation, it was confirmed to be a controlled pile burn conducted by the Wildland Crew near Bald Mountain Road.
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Transcript:
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Engine 15, I'll be responding at the EagleVail Exchange, near U.S. Highway 6.
00:05
Commercial fire alarm showing Unit E.
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Edwards lower office.
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U.S.
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22. Indc, clear.
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That's 2020.
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219. 219.
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Can you dispatch engine one to the end of Bald Mountain Road? There's a lot of smoke over there.
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It is white smoke.
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It's most likely a chimney or a fireplace, but just as a precaution.
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They're actually doing a pile burn down there while they need to throw anything.
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Copy. 1021.
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10.20.
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6.05, follow up the PD.
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Okay,
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time 21.
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218.
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218.
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I'm sorry, maybe this was aired, but we have a fire, uh,
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westbound 97, just north to the interstate,
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cross from the chain up?
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They're doing a pile burn at the end of Bald Mountain Road for Wildland Crew.
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Copy that.
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1023.
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Edwards, CO 81632
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