Wildfire near Thomas St NW threatens small neighborhood, Olympia WA


First responders are managing a wildfire near Pacific Avenue Southeast and a larger brush fire west of Thomas Street near a railroad embankment. The fires threaten a small nearby neighborhood, and units are working to find better access to the affected areas.
Audio|Source: Thurston County Fire, EMS and Law Enforcement
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Engine O4, Medic 4, Fire-Ops 3, ALS response.
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2740, Pacific Avenue Southeast.
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Cross Street is between the Hort Drive Southeast and DeVoe Street, Southeast.
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Engine 91, 8.
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Engine 91, 891, BLS response.
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2138, Overhealth Road, Northwest.
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Cross Street is between 20th Way Northwest and Evergreen Parkway Northwest.
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Engine 1, from Engine 02.2.
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Go ahead.
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Yeah, we're above I connect are up the railroad tracks and you guys from your engines.
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We're probably a quarter mile to half.
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Received, so we're going to try to find better access from up here.
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Rogers Court is not.
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That Rogers Court puts us just about at your engine.
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Received. Received.
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I'm thinking Cat in ways probably better.
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Ms. Responding down to the Shoots Parkway, we've got state advising that there's another larger rush fire, just west of a location,
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possibly small neighborhood off Thomas, east of the embankment headed northbound.
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You can't get copies.
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Can you see if State Patrol can give us a location where they're seeing that from? Are they at the Thomas Street location?
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Second. Engine two between one.
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Go ahead.
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Yeah, look at the picture on that map I sent you.
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You got Rogers Court and then you got 14th and 15th to the west.
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It's in that ravine between Rogers Court and 14th.
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I appreciate.
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Yeah, we're at Rogers Court right now, hike down.
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I think the best, I think we're going to go a little farther west and see the next road up and see access it from that.
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to Capitol stating that they just sought from Marathon Park.
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Greasey, thanks.
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Capital is the kind of one.
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I'm heading west down the tracks to go look at the other fire the state's reporting.
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Great, okay, kind of west on the tracks to find the state park.
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Paper.
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Location mentioned:
Thomas St NW, Olympia, WA 98502
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