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Brush fire threatens structures near Shot and Howard roadsLavaca County TX

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Lavaca County, TX

Firefighters responded to a spreading brush fire near Shot Road and Howard Road in Lavaca County, Texas. The fire caused heavy smoke and threatened nearby structures. Additional support was requested from nearby fire departments including Sweet Home and Yoakum to assist in controlling the blaze.

Audio|Source: Lavaca County EMS
07:36
Transcript:
00:00
Freshman command.
00:03
We're here, Brush 1.
00:09
We are currently out here in the fire.
00:12
We will need some help back here.
00:14
It's traveling through Big Brush.
00:19
10 for Brush 3.
00:21
Can you have his way toward the air of the fire?
00:28
We're down for being our red line.
00:32
We are up against the fence.
00:34
We'll be able to head over there just in a sec.
00:41
Go ahead. Go ahead.
00:47
We can't get into the Hickey Street and 522.
00:56
Okay,
00:58
we don't have a truck that can go there.
00:59
I do have a sweet home heading there and also quarrel.
01:07
Okay to fire station.
01:14
Made it too to the fire station.
01:20
Kevin, hold up on that right now.
01:22
I think there's a whole lot of smoke out here, but it's coming from that fire across town.
01:26
I hadn't found any fire out here yet.
01:33
Can't copy that traffic with the devastation.
01:40
The one on Hickey Road was advised it's on Old Hickey Road.
01:51
I have Andrea is around.
01:58
9a, I'm here 13, and how reports that the stop sign is down? I'll be contacting checks off.
02:06
That's your turn around.
02:10
That's safe.
02:16
Michael, go ahead and pull that truck around over here.
02:21
We've got to have to finish two in a minute.
02:23
It's trying to pull by this gate.
02:27
Pose roll up.
02:33
First you connect.
02:37
Go ahead. Go ahead.
02:43
Two lines for one.
02:49
Good command.
02:52
Go ahead.
02:54
May it too, man.
02:56
This is the way down Hickey Road, what you could go over, whatever you want to call it.
03:01
It's a smoke from that fire, y'all are out.
03:07
Jim Forward, well, that's me some good news.
03:11
Timor. Lake to Yolkham, can you come back to the county in Coral and Camden?
03:21
Seymour.
03:25
Thanks everyone, for me.
03:30
We're here.
03:34
I'm here on Longshana Road.
03:36
It's burning up pretty close to his house.
03:38
It's burning some brush.
03:39
We've got 10-foot phones.
03:41
You got something available pretty quick?
03:46
Uh, as you have, uh,
03:49
brush 3 or bus one can go there.
03:51
I'm trying to get water for the endbrush 2 right now.
03:59
We've got a couple of structures that are getting pretty explosive and high flowing for.
04:04
We don't need a bus truck A-set behind the structure if anybody's in a little.
04:21
Go ahead. Get hold of Bacher County, tell them to book them sweet home trucks to this file and we're going to need their help.
04:33
Seam enforcement on your traffic.
04:35
What actors are you getting for the fire you off?
04:40
We're on a shot row directly behind Eddie Pack.
04:48
On 401 and 402 location.
04:52
Zero 4.
04:56
4.
04:57
It's a phone traffic.
05:03
All right.
05:06
Be 100 bogus fairings.
05:09
Charles Boy, Adam, Robert, Norris, and Zebra.
05:12
Charles Boy, Adam, Robert, Nora, Zebra.
05:19
Do you mind's your 20?
05:23
1005-4-7s.
05:25
I'm clear.
05:28
If anyone else, you're open.
05:31
I'm clear.
05:40
County to the Sweet Home Fire Department, County to the Sweet Home Fight Department.
05:44
Mutual aid yokem at Shot Road and Howard Road for a brush fire.
05:49
Mutual aid Yolkham on Shot Road and Howard Road for a brush fire.
05:54
Who county show, Sweet Home 401 in the ground?
06:00
Can you clear for all right?
06:06
Good for a county.
06:10
Yeah.
06:13
That's on the Florida Kimball because due to a high wind.
06:16
I have it with me right now.
06:23
Yeah, so we've already contacted this text.
06:25
That's the advice.
06:26
They take care of it.
06:27
Yeah, that's good, thank you.
06:29
It's good, thank you.
06:32
I'll still be in a four-way area if you're actually moving.
06:35
Okay.
06:37
That's good.
06:42
I got bus two in that way and I got a couple trucks coming from Treesholm.
06:49
We're about 75 yards from a stretcher.
06:55
Then four, they're coming that way.
07:02
All units, Tanker 1 is now located on Shot Road.
07:10
First station to command.
07:16
Go ahead.
07:20
I just had a gentleman call say his skid steer is available if you need a skid steer out there.
07:31
That's all off on that right now.
07:33
I do have a sweet home comment that's going to help a bunch when I get here.

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