Wildland fire burning south of Mena airport

Heard on: Polk County / Mena Public Safety

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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That 206 just marked a fire in the south of Mena.

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Approximately five to ten acres, creeping and running.

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It's not threatening anything.

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Got no barriers or nothing.

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It's on the side of a slope of a mountain, just about 2 mi south of Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport.

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Apparently burning off the slope.

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It appears to just be entirely wild forest.

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No other urban interference.

00:25

There is like either a logging.

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Trail or something of that effect to the southern end of the fire, and there is at least one vehicle there.

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It's a one white pickup truck.

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Further, iterate on the back access.

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There is that small trail, but most of what I'm seeing through here

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beneath this kind of thick canopy of trees appears to be like forest trails.

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There is one slightly thicker trail, but it's got a lot of tight corners and it's just completely surrounded by trees.

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It'd be kind of narrow coming through here.

2026-10-28 19:24 UTC

Wildfire

Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport, 210 Arkansas, Mena, AR 71953

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic reports a wildland fire about two miles south of Mena Intermountain Municipal Airport, covering an estimated five to ten acres on a mountain slope. The fire appears to be in wild forest with no immediate threat to structures, and access is limited by narrow logging or forest trails. One white pickup truck was seen near the southern end of the fire.