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Controlled burn mistaken for forest fire on State Highway 11, South Wayne WI

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Near WI-11, South Wayne, WI 53587

Callers reported what looked like a forest fire along State Highway 11, but authorities confirmed it was a controlled burn that was under control.

Audio|Source: Monroe/Green County LE
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Transcript:
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County to 13.
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What? 13. We received a call in the W-2,700 block of State Highway 11.
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Caller states they were passing through and thought they'd seen a forest fire.
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It was a control burn that was called in earlier.
00:14
And then we also received a second call just north of the oasis.
00:20
And the caller... stated they seen a fire as well.
00:22
We did contact the person that's having the control burn and he said everything is 10-2[1] and under control.
00:28
10-4[2], I'm in the area and I'll drive by it, make sure it's 10-2[1].
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-2: Everything under control
[2]
10-4: Acknowledgement

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Near WI-11, South Wayne, WI 53587
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