Massive fire erupts near Greenwood Cemetery, chaos unfolds, Greenwood County SC
Firefighters battle a large active fire near Greenwood County with multiple tankers and equipment navigating fields causing access challenges.
Audio|Source: Greenwood County Fire Services
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Transcript:
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We're at 814 vessel and knowledge units be advised.
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We are heavily involved,
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shotgun fly.
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814, Sanker 80.
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Go ahead.
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Can we see it from the road or we're going to get to lay along what we need to do.
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We're about a minute and a half hour.
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Type 8 just come up in.
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There's a pasture right there.
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You'll see two horses kind of stopping by the road.
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So in that driveway right there, come down to my truck.
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And just
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Turn at the pasture near Trenton Cemetery Road.
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Cemetery Road.
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Copy.
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Chief Eddie,
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take the 3-0-4s-in and out from Lerick with the Mace.
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Real 1 is coming 2.
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Where do you want to...
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Which refills are you wanted that?
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Derek, go to Dean Butler's farm between Pheasant and Carter with that pumper at them draft.
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I want that tanker coming to the scene.
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Clear of it.
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Mason, that pond is going to have a dry hydrant at it.
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It's about 200 foot lay from the road if you'll lay a manifold there and just have 3 inch of it.
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Put back to them.
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Very wood tanker 80 is on scene.
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Tanker 80. Tanker 80.
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Tell us for that last translation about where a pool in.
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I just spoke with a home on a turn around at my truck and come down this gravel driveway over here.
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You can pull right up to it.
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Hey,
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can you copy me?
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Yeah, I can, but we're going through this pasture, Hunter.
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Just, we got it.
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Just pull that front bumper line for your protection.
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And four, watch this fence right here, this electric fence, right here where I'm out.
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Open that gate.
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Gate, don't open.
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302 in Iraq.
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7.
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We're 8.4.5 a half a minute.
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814.4.
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Bruch, come through this field,
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we can cut it off going to the rid line over here.
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Rush if he's on, please.
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Rush 50's on, please.
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Rush, 50, tell me.
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Back home, back coming.
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If you will, do not pull into a place with only the necessary for side trucks.
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We're all right here, please.
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You can't see it.
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All fire units coming in construction on.
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Chairman, there's a two males standing in the road at the gravel drive.
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Rescue truck, pull past it, four-passer drive.
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We can't get the tankers in here.
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We can get it on water.
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Just come down as personnel.
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We'll pass it when my tankers come back in here.
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We already got a game plan.
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Greenwood is a bit knees on thing.
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Greenwood Tanker 60 in route, part of two.
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Smoke some tanker.
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How far are you out?
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For 12 minutes out.
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I'm talking to Mason, not a flukept.
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I think I'm coming up on the same here.
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I see the rescue out of the window.
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Back down that drive, here.
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Back straight down at soon.
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You can't put your talk about down.
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What was the last unit that called in the round part two?
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Salad be tank or 60? We're going to put it, additional fireman.
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Can I get them for more line pulling, please?
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We don't let them pull it, but they're not going to charge it until we get one or stabbing.
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Yeah, boy, that's my office.
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He's good, you're hitting now, Hunter.
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Come on back, Garrett, you got it.
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How you, Hunter? Thank you, Hunter.
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Thank you for it.
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We've been advised.
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We've got to bust that line over there.
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Repeat.
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Just first class that it's important.
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The push-division is first.
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13-9-8-8-8-8-8-4-Hanker 21.
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We're not five minutes about where you want to support.
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We want to come to this meeting or stay on the road or what?
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All tankers,
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all tankers stay at the road until we get the club on out.
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Copy.
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Shutting the yellow line,
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charging a white one.
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We're going to work.
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Greg,
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if you come back, he's going to shut the yellow line.
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We're going to charge this white one.
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We're going to try and get you a new 50-foot section that I've done.
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