Wildfire active near Oxbow Rd and Camp Ln in Spruce Hill, Juniata County PA
WildfireA wildfire has been reported near Oxbow Road and Camp Lane in Spruce Hill Township. Multiple brush fire units and tankers have been dispatched. Firefighters are accessing the area by cutting a cable lock on a gate to reach the burning field. Windy conditions are present with west winds and gusts up to 20 mph, which are impacting firefighting efforts. Fire personnel are establishing fire lines and coordinating tanker support to control the fire.
Audio|Source: Juniata County Fire and EMS
06:47
Transcript:
00:00
Ammarazza station to grab the tanker up from Spruce Hill area, so it'll be a slight delay if you want to replace this. Go ahead.
00:08
Okay.
00:14
I'll need your message.
00:17
Can you ask the guy that's out there,
00:20
we have a pretty good fighter that's on some brush right at the edge of the woods in the back corner?
00:27
There's a way to access that field on the backside. There's a little fence here,
00:32
but it's...
00:46
Chief 1, just be advised the homeowner is not around.
00:48
Apparently he left.
00:49
He's from Maryland and apparently there's a main road that you can go up and you just have to cut the cable guess it's right beside here.
01:01
Okay, is it maybe where the gate is.
01:05
I believe so yeah, the people down here just said cut the cable and go up, I guess there's a cabin up there.
01:11
Copy that.
01:12
Tony from Chief 1.
01:18
Chief One.
01:21
What ches do I have responded?
01:26
You have Ferry Brush 3.
01:28
Brush 7 should be on the scene, brush 1 should be on the scene, and brush 5 is en route.
01:34
And we're getting ready to replace 7's tanker. Copy that.
01:48
Fresh 5, Chief 1. Press 5.
01:53
Spruce Hill Township, Oxbow Road and Camp Lane, Wildfire. They should come down over.
01:58
There's a yellow gate with a B on it. I think that's where it's burning.
02:01
I just walked out back here to make a line.
02:04
Wildfire Box 101. It's kind of luck to its way out in the field.
02:07
Tanker 5.
02:09
To figure out to get back here.
02:13
Okay, we're coming from Indian Mount here. Do you want us to come down Oxford that way? It's like a very quick as for help.
02:21
Yeah, I would say just come up off Ospo and then make a left and then come up over the hill there.
02:27
That's a lock, but that should get you back here to this field, I believe.
02:34
Copy that. You said the yellow gate and we'll need to cut a lock, correct?
02:38
They were saying, Rush 7 said, I'm back here making a fire line.
02:43
They said that the homeowner said that there's a gate you'd have to cut a lock. So I assume it's that gate.
02:52
Okay, we're just turning on in the amount now. We'll try and find it.
02:57
Copy that.
03:09
Spruceill Township, Oxbow Road, and Camp Lane.
03:13
Wildfire, 105, Tanker 5.
03:17
(number withheld).
03:22
Chief One, Coon, Indiana County.
03:26
Chief one.
03:28
According to weather information, you've got a 6-9-hour west wind with 20-mile hour gusts.
03:37
Matthew.
03:42
Press 7 to 4-5.
03:46
Go ahead.
03:48
Can you go to shut the line down so I can connect these all the lines to it?
03:51
I'll probably going to do water here soon.
04:00
All right. Chief 1 from Breast 7.
04:07
And a tanker 5 is responding.
04:13
Tinker 5, 13 (number withheld).
04:15
19.
04:17
Chief 1 for brush 7.
04:20
Okay, go ahead.
04:22
I'm going to have to back out of here and get some more wallers there.
04:30
So last one pretty much out, we're working our way to the head right now.
04:34
Like I said, I'm going to be up to get Walther.
04:38
Rush five from Chief One.
04:41
Rush five.
04:43
Hey, when you come out of Oxbow,
04:45
you'll make a left and I was wrong. It's not the yellow gate.
04:48
There should be a cable.
04:50
Be the first cable to your right.
04:53
Firefighter, I believe. I can see him right now. He's right at the cable.
04:57
That's where you need to come up.
05:00
Okay, we'll keep an eye out for him. It will be on our left-hand side, considering we came from Oxfell on our end, correct?
05:10
It'll be on your right side.
05:15
Copy that.
05:18
Professor, I'm glad to send your water.
05:25
Judge Seventh, Chief 7-2.
05:29
Chief 7-2.
05:33
Since tanker fire responded, you still need tanker 7.
05:38
Stand by WOS, command.
05:42
Chief One, Kenyanar County.
05:48
Chief One, Indiana County.
05:50
Harvey should be right in front of you.
05:54
Yep, we found them there.
05:59
Chief One, Juniata County.
06:04
What are you calling, Chief One?
06:07
Permanitive.
06:08
Anchor 7 has manpower.
06:10
Do you wish them to respond as well?
06:13
You were broken.
06:14
Repeat death wish.
06:16
Anchor 7 has manpower now. Would you like them to respond?
06:20
Affirmative.
06:22
Okay.
06:25
Chief 7-2, Gioniana County.
06:27
Here at station, bring the tanker. Yeah, brush flies all the scene.
06:32
Copy, you can bring the tanker.
06:35
First five, 13 (number withheld). Affirmative.
06:41
Okay, you can show tanker 725.
06:43
Tanker 725.
06:45
Tanker 7, 1322, they're on 2.
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Oxbow Rd & Camp Ln, Spruce Hill Township, PA 17035
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