Small smoldering fire below slope near US-7 in West Cornwall, Sharon CT
WildfireFirefighters are responding to a small smoldering fire with two patches about 30 feet wide each, located 100 to 150 feet below a slope near US-7 in West Cornwall. The area is hard to access and no smoke is visible from above. Crews are monitoring the fire for any upslope spread and staging at the local firehouse.
Audio|Source: Litchfield County Fire and EMS Departments - Southern
03:21
Transcript:
00:00
Smoldering at this time. Single engine response to foot traffic. Single engine response with that. There's single engine response with traffic. There's single engine response to the traffic.
00:17
19. With that water can, I'll take a bead spray off that rig. You want, you want water can? Water can and bee spray. Go ahead. Me and Patrick are here in a firehouse. You need anything else down there?
00:44
No, we're good for now as far as apparatus. But if you just want to stage at the firehouse for now, I'll let you know. 10-4. Car through to command, no visible smoke from the tunnel, from above the tunnel.
01:09
10-4. Go ahead.
01:23
Card four, commandant. Command on. Chish the shit rep. I climbed down to face about halfway. The fire is 100 to 150 feet below the face. Not going to be able to get water on it from the top. And access is very difficult. If it does burn up slope, we could contain it from being positioned on the top.
01:50
Area size? See, right now there are two patches each about 30 feet across. The total width of the fire and the black is maybe 50, 75 yards. Do you know if you're close to...
02:20
The yellow trail or the white square trail. Negative. From the top, the fire's only about 20% of the weight down to the bottom. We are in Route 2, Sharon. Route 7, near US-7, 41. We'll intercept with the medic.
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Location mentioned:
Near US-7, West Cornwall, CT 06796
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