Several grass fires burn along I-20 near Merkel, TX, Merkel TX
WildfireSeveral grass fires are burning along Interstate 20 near Merkel, Texas, between mile markers 262 and 269. Fire crews and police are responding to the scene. Some fires are close to a propane tank, creating safety concerns.
Audio|Source: Taylor County Fire and EMS Departments
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Transcript:
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Virgil fire dead.
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754 will be in row.
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754 is helping route 1224.
00:28
I'll be a page for a medical 118 Prairie Moon. I've got to send be a page for a Medical 118 Prairie Moon.
00:51
She is conscious and breathing.
00:53
She does have on-going house.
00:55
She looks.
00:57
She's been a very safe.
01:04
I'm not a stay up there. Stay up there.
01:12
Yeah, phone up.
01:20
Turn a fire to Taylor County S.O.
01:27
Definitely going to need a second small engine.
01:33
Yeah,
01:35
I copy that. Where did y'all start to pick them up at?
01:39
We're fixing on a turn around here at Durrside Road and start working our way back to the east.
01:47
Okay, copy that.
01:49
Who's Dale gets here? We'll start it. Done again and head back left.
01:55
All right, see.
02:01
764, are they center median or south access route?
02:08
They're all going to be in the medium between the interstate and the south access road. Where is they going to go down to Noodle Dome Road? It looks like they're maybe one a little farther down, so we'll go down to Noodle Dumb and turn around before we start heading back to the east.
02:24
Okay, call she says they started about 262.
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Raised.
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Teddy County Smurgle 724.
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Go ahead.
02:46
Jeff got a truck or two on scene down there by Noodle Dome Road, so we're going to go in turn around and make our way back from Derrstein east.
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Fire if you have any trucks and route.
03:08
Taylor County, Mervo 754 will be on scene right now.
03:19
54.
03:20
For Biaviz, we have a speech call from Marmarguron, 260, all the way to the 269 of grassbrows along I-20 Merkel Police Department. Did advise on the south-access road near Martin, there are some fires that are near a propane tank.
03:37
Okay. Okay. Nice and good.
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We're out of that way now.
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10-4[1].
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764-7-7-751.
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Okay, guys, we're going to tell 64.
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Hey Clinton, I know you know this, but just try to stop forward progression and we'll just keep moving and leaprogging from one to the other.
04:11
Are you see, that's what we're trying to do here.
04:22
Is that the last one up there towards Dungan?
04:27
I don't know, Eddie. They said 262 all the way to the 269, they're getting reports of them.
04:35
Well, this should be the last one up there, John again.
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10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received
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I-20, Merkel, TX
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