Vegetation fire near Woodland Springs and Highway 270, Montgomery County AR
WildfireFirefighters from the Piney Volunteer Fire Department and Arkansas Forestry are working to extinguish a vegetation fire near Woodland Springs Drive and Highway 270 in Arkansas. The fire covers an area about the size of two football fields. Efforts include using water and a dozer to control the fire. The fire is moving slowly and there are concerns about safety due to nearby property and trees.
Audio|Source: Piney Volunteer Fire Department
01:43
Transcript:
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Service 1 will stand by at Woodland Springs and 270.
00:06
Just by Shrek.
00:12
Hi, EIC from Arkansas, Forestry, 533.
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533. Five, thank you guys.
00:22
Yeah, just to let you know, we are at the work center loaded up and about to hedge y'all's way with one dozer.
00:28
It's been by a little over an hour.
00:35
The contractor that's working at this property is really adamant about wanting us to get it put out.
00:40
We're going to avoid that because we're trying to avoid any injury.
00:44
We've got a creek bed down the east end of the hill down at the bottom.
00:50
It doesn't look very wet at this moment, but it's slow moving at this time, maybe about.
00:55
This size of two football fields, if that,
00:59
he'd been dumping a lot of water on the lines and stuff kind of knock it down, so we're okay at this moment, just be waiting on the wall.
01:07
Yeah, good copy.
01:08
We'll be en route.
01:11
He was just worried because of the property owner and knocking down trees and stuff like that.
01:17
He was actually just going down the hill trying to cut a line with his home dozer just a few moments ago.
01:23
He's got it back on top of the hill now.
01:26
Ten, four. Thank you for the size up.
01:33
Service two is going to be on scene.
01:36
Ten four.
01:41
Copy that Scott, you should be able to fall away up on top of you.
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Location mentioned:
US-270 & Woodland Springs Dr, Arkansas 71957
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