Fire crews battle large wildfire near Rocky Hill in Kiln, Kiln MS
WildfireFire crews are fighting a large wildfire covering over 100 acres near Rocky Hill and Refuge Church in Kiln, Mississippi. The fire is spreading quickly, with embers crossing fire lines. Multiple fire departments and equipment like dozers and tankers are responding. Firefighters are coordinating to manage the blaze and assist vehicles stuck near the fire area. The fire threatens areas near homes and the Refuge Church.
Audio|Source: Hancock County Fire
07:38
Transcript:
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For FM 30 to Central.
00:03
Go ahead.
00:06
Can you get in contact with Forestry and get up another two dozers in route? Let them know it's 100 plus acres and fire department is requesting.
00:18
10.4.
00:23
What it is doing is jumping the fire breaks.
00:29
The planes are so high, the embers is falling 20, 30, 40 yards past where the breaks are.
00:41
Are you all down this little gravel road right here by this gooseneck in the tower?
00:47
Four.
00:49
That's M. 3 central. Show me on scene.
00:52
1040.
00:58
Wow, are you on your way over here?
01:01
104104.
01:06
Way down engine.
01:11
Engine 2.
01:15
You should be all right for the time being.
01:19
Most of us are getting over this away.
01:22
It's going towards that refuge church on Rocky Hill.
01:30
You'll be able to be okay?
01:36
How far do you think that fire is away from you?
01:43
It's a pretty good distance.
01:48
Yeah, go ahead and ease up that away.
01:51
All these embers falling, I don't know if we're going to have a spot fire way up that away or not.
01:59
You'll be able to tell better than I can back here.
02:05
Copy what's the name of the church?
02:11
Uh, there's some refuge.
02:17
Baseout six central.
02:21
4180 to post-a-8. Where's the command post setup?
02:30
Brandon, do it at Rocky Hill 603. Somewhere's up in there.
02:34
It'll be in a safe area.
02:36
If it's not too smoking.
02:39
May he's had six, go ahead.
02:40
I'll head to that church and check it out.
02:46
She'll rescue 21 a route.
02:48
10.4.
02:54
It's 3 to Leetown Brushtrup.
02:59
I have a brush truck.
03:02
Come on down where we was at.
03:04
Keep on coming down, got a pickup truck stuck in the ditch right here.
03:08
Need some help getting it out.
03:13
...up 1 all units on Rock Eo Tito and D.C.
03:18
We got a hose set up on the Heiser at 6.03 at Rock Geo Tito.
03:27
Phil.
03:28
Gosh, so...
03:34
And leave out of Brux's doing, right?
03:38
Uh,
03:41
the lane, it has jumped. It has jumped the road to fix some piny all in.
03:48
Yeah, a guy, one of the firefighters in there, a pickup truck back here, and he backed in the ditch, and he's stuck. I'm trying to get a brush truck here and get him out.
03:57
All right, I'm on my way.
04:03
Elaine, where are you at?
04:09
Way down in the dirtway all the way to the back of the fire where it started.
04:18
Don't get pinned in if you have to you, just leave the truck there.
04:23
Yeah,
04:24
we good right now.
04:32
Go ahead.
04:34
Show me relocating back to Rocky Hill Dito Road to get out of the planes that jumped.
04:39
Ten more.
04:43
Two to twenty-two.
04:49
Timington, we go ahead and call for Harrison County for some bus trips.
05:02
Jeff, Timmy, come back.
05:08
So what, Tim?
05:12
If these bus trucks could you car for Harrison County, they've got plenty of them.
05:18
The rust truck ain't only as no good anymore.
05:20
We need doses.
05:22
We don't jump the road.
05:26
We've got three overhead fires now.
05:31
Therefore, I know I'm not on scene, but I just thought about it. They've got plenty of brush trucks. If you want to try to get this back to ask for them to come help you.
05:43
I'm trying to come down this room.
05:50
Tim,
05:52
come down this room.
05:59
Counten to three now relocated to Refuge Tarotov, Sanjito.
06:08
Central to Post-58 command, do you want us to contact Harrison County?
06:15
No, I just need thoseers.
06:20
Templer.
06:26
Central Hill tankers on the scene. I forgot to tell you,
06:29
22, stays over here by Refuge. It was blowing this way a few moments go coming toward these houses and the Refuge Church.
06:38
Stand by over here.
06:43
Yeah, Robert, bringing you a thinker.
06:46
You need a tanker. You need a tanker?
06:53
No, it's fault enough, Bix91.
06:58
The fire is on both sides, but it's dirt road coming back here.
07:08
There's going to be three or four hours at the beginning of this road it's going to be coming up to.
07:17
Base 9.1 central.
07:23
Ten fours your men are out to grab our time group.
07:27
Ten more.
07:32
Some Mike got 43 down here.
07:36
All we got him out so you can pull out.
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Location mentioned:
Near Rocky Hill Dedeaux Rd, Kiln, MS 39556
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