Vehicle fire spreads to grass near mile marker 418 on Highway 6, Sterling CO
Fire & ArsonA vehicle fire broke out near mile marker 418 on Highway 6. The fire fully engulfed the vehicle and started spreading to nearby grass. Thick black smoke covered all lanes, creating dangerous driving conditions. Emergency responders were dispatched to manage the situation and requested highway closure for safety.
Audio|Source: Logan County Sheriff, Fire, and EMS, Sheriff, Sterling Police, State Patrol
03:59
Transcript:
00:00
Coming up on the 413-414, I can see smoke in the distance.
00:05
It's going to be further out, Highway 6.
00:07
Copy. Would you like us to Tom Fleming now as well?
00:10
I believe that's going to be their jurisdiction as well.
00:13
I guess contact fires do with their suggestion would be.
00:17
Copy.
00:18
Go ahead.
00:19
At this point, we have a deputy that's headed out to the 4-19, stating that the vehicle, he sees the smoke is there, which would be Fleming's District.
00:33
Would you like us to tone Fleming now, too?
00:35
Yeah, go ahead and tone them as well.
00:37
We're at mile marker 409 right now.
00:39
We'll continue on.
00:40
Copy. You can't.
00:41
Copy, Sterling Showment to be available.
00:44
Available at 1055.
00:45
Fleming fire, vehicle fire,
00:47
close to Milamarker 419, I-76, or correction.
00:51
Close to mile marker 418 Highway 6, Fleming fire, vehicle fire, mile marker 418, highway 6 for a vehicle engulfed.
01:03
Sterling 1150.
01:04
Go ahead.
01:05
Just overheard.
01:06
Like they have a trooper in the area.
01:08
It looks like the vehicle is going to be fully engulfed.
01:10
Copy 1056.
01:11
The vehicle is pulling both at this time, Trooper, in the area.
01:15
Copy that, we're about five minutes down.
01:16
15, you can show me on seeing Highway 6, about the 418.
01:22
Copy. Welcome to morning.
01:23
Just 20, go ahead.
01:25
What's your...
01:26
26, about the 406.
01:29
104 are you a merchant.
01:30
Negative.
01:31
If you want to step in up, we're going to have a traffic issue.
01:34
We're on top of the bill just past the admins curve.
01:38
Important. There was a mass of sirens heading that way, and then on scan we heard that there's a fully engulfed vehicle fire at the 418.
01:48
I'm actually heading that direction with 50 queues attenuator just in case we need it.
01:54
You guys might get headed that direction.
01:57
Okay, we'll head that way.
01:59
Our unit's responding per state patrol, the vehicle is fire is spreading towards the grass now.
02:06
That will be on seeing in the second.
02:07
Thanks, Joe.
02:08
Engine Tenonstein.
02:09
We have a vehicle fully engulf.
02:11
The roadway is going to be very, very dangerous at this point in time.
02:14
Heavy black smoke blowing across all lanes of traffic.
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Location mentioned:
US-6, Sterling, CO
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