Fire near Brush Creek Falls injures elderly man, Mercer County WV
Near Brush Creek Falls Rd, a fire spreads over two-tenths of an acre; a 78-year-old man suffers burns to his hand and singed hair. Emergency units respond swiftly.
Audio|Source: Mercer County Public Safety and WV State Police
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Transcript:
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This time appears to have, probably two-tenths of an acre going.
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I'll be out.
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I'm going to work.
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Temporder. First control of any available county in your state unit, need response, 2-4-2, shades, recircle, half a possible domestic in progress.
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No one's talking to me.
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I hear a bunch of screaming,
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and lines are disconnected.
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I just check for control.
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You know traffic, try again.
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Control, we'll be in route.
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What's address?
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I was one or two truck four, be in route with two.
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Copy, 1242.
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242 Shade 3 circle, again, 242 shade 3.
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I'm trying to make contact back now.
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Okay. Charles 7, 4 and 619 being around as well.
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4-641, control.
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4641.
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Do you have a PRS unit in Ralph?
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Copy, 1242.
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Copy, I do.
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Simple, I'll get a station update, no second.
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Thank you, sir.
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Four once, Joe.
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Okay.
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78-year-old male alert only in a time three.
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Second, third degree burns, left hand, finched hair, eyebrows, no burns to his face.
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Location mentioned:
Brush Creek Falls Rd, West Virginia
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