Firefighters contain vegetation fire near freeway in LA, Los Angeles CA
WildfireFire crews in Los Angeles are working to contain a vegetation fire near a freeway, using the freeway as a firebreak. There is no immediate danger to nearby homes. Crews report good progress in controlling the fire and have stopped its forward progress about 100 yards north of the freeway overpass.
Audio|Source: Los Angeles City Fire - Grounds
04:42
Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, I see Superintendent 4. I'm on feed up on top of the freeway. How can I help?
00:10
Let's do four.
00:11
Looks like crew three is punching in right now,
00:15
working with Zulu.
00:18
I'm trying to use that freeway as a break.
00:24
Obviously, let's try to get it to consume as much as we can up to the freeway and that crews will be working primarily Zulu and then the field.
00:33
AI copy and that'll be crew 4 alpha during that crew 3 buggy, crew 4 alpha.
00:40
Okay, crew 4 alpha copy.
00:47
AIC from crew 4 Bravo also on scene.
00:57
A Bravo, I copy AC4, I'll put Bravo at your discretion.
01:05
Once you get eyes on it, you're ready to want them.
01:10
I see where you want. I see you have any safety on Steam,
01:18
one from the camera, west down.
01:25
Engine 66 copy. I'm going to have you hold for a minute. I'm going to have,
01:29
I want to report, but I'm looking at Comston Street.
01:33
Those of the houses that back up just east of where the crews are working.
01:37
Let me see if there's any potential for an embercast into that neighborhood.
01:47
Zulu, IC,
01:49
can you paint a picture for me? How deep did you go off a Chandler? And then is there any chance that we have an embercast into that neighborhood off Compton, one street to the east?
02:08
The IC from Zulu, we're about 200 to 250 feet in.
02:13
Everything's going to be held between the freeway town wall and the watch.
02:18
Right now we're getting pretty good knockdown on it, working on some hot spots. There's not going to be any issues with Cumbercast.
02:30
Okay,
02:31
I do copy, so there's nothing burning up against those homes.
02:36
You're looking at backyard just east of you.
02:41
Correct, everything is headed towards the sound wall.
02:44
We have a good break in between the homes.
02:49
Okay, I'm also going to give you your engine engine 60 is going to come in and support.
02:55
Yeah, Zulu copy. I'll get an inch.
03:04
Engine is six, if you copy, you can come in and support Zulu. Thank you, Roger, Zulu.
03:20
Yeah, I see Super 104. We're going to tie 4, Bravo in with 4 alpha.
03:29
I copy tying them and working together.
03:40
Zulu from Engine 102.
03:44
Yeah, 102. Go ahead for Zulu.
03:49
We made it all the way up the, I guess what we're calling the Zulu side.
03:54
We got a water, or a hose line, all the way up instead of freeways.
03:59
There's no imminent threat up here. We're getting water on everything.
04:05
I copy. When you guys are done around there, go ahead and come back around and just follow the actual Zulu plank. It will be closer to the wash.
04:20
I see from Alpha, we've tied in with Zulu.
04:26
Our hoselines have met.
04:28
Looks like we got a forward progress stop, about 100 yards north of the freeway overpass.
04:37
Okay, Alpha, I copy you're about 100 yards in and you've stopped all forward progress.
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