Quarter-acre grass fire near silo quickly extinguished, Ghent KY
WildfireA small grass fire of about a quarter acre broke out near a silo and water tank in Ghent, KY. The fire spread toward the nearby wood line but fire crews quickly responded to extinguish it and checked the area for any remaining hot spots to prevent further spread.
Audio|Source: Ghent Fire Protection District
02:43
Transcript:
00:00
It's going to be maybe about a quarter acre of dry grass that's on fire.
00:05
It's heading towards the wood line.
00:06
I think if we can get a Jent truck up here, we should be able to handle it.
00:09
Okay, we'll continue just going on emergency.
00:12
354, 398. I'll head it to Jinn.
00:15
I'll be there in just a few minutes.
00:16
That's a good tent for it.
00:17
Just be advised that it is moving towards the free line.
00:19
We're going to have limited access on the certainties side.
00:22
I haven't been over to the cabin side of the fence to see what we have over there.
00:28
303 dispatch.
00:29
You can show you call me. 303-389. 551-303.
00:38
Over 303. Being on station, standing by, just by a bank going to be a row some.
00:43
I copy you.
00:44
303, good batch.
00:45
354-303. Hey, it's going to be back there by that fire protection water tank.
00:49
At certain teeth, it looks like you can loft it over the fence if you pull into there.
00:54
I'll be, uh, almost the GEN station here.
00:56
I don't think there's going to be access to that soybean field on the other side.
01:00
We can copy. We're getting on 36-hour head of Martin Road.
01:02
398-2003. Yeah, when you guys get up here, if you want to come in the gate of certainty and then pull up by this silo here out front, it should just be able to pull up to that fence and like we're being set, lobbit over. The fire is out, but just to wet the area down, knock down a couple of hot spots.
01:32
I copied by escape one, correct? Yeah. Engine 305 responding. 305 responding, 1624.
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Ghent, KY 41045
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