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Controlled farm field fire reported in Stratford, Stratford WI

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Near Balsam Rd, Stratford, WI 54484

Fire crews responded to a reported six-acre fire near Balsam Road in Stratford, Wisconsin. Upon arrival, they found a resident conducting a controlled burn of corn stalks in a plowed field. The scene was assessed to ensure the fire was safely contained and did not pose further risk.

Audio|Source: Marathon County Fire Departments
02:48
Transcript:
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Learning Stratford, Learning Stratford. Respond to near Balsam Road, near Balsam Road. My RIP is advising that there's a fire, not sure if it's controlled burn or not. We don't have any reports of it. It's about six acres.
00:18
Time page 1727.
00:21
Thank you.
00:34
Learning Stratford, Learning Stratford.
00:37
Second page for near Balsam Road, near Balsam Road, Village of Stratford, cross-treat the River Run Road and Bassman Road.
00:46
If you mean for a grassfire,
00:50
not sure if it's controlled burn, we don't have a record of one at this time.
00:55
I have a deputy that's there and assessing the situation at this time.
01:01
Time of second page for the possible grass fire 1729.
01:10
Here's just passed.
01:11
Knowledge page.
01:14
855 fire.
01:27
82 to just pass up in route.
01:30
Head for it.
01:36
Eighty-five engine one.
01:41
What is this 85 engine one?
01:45
Engine one or tender two.
01:48
Whoever is going to get there first. You can just pull in to the driveway of that address and there's going to be a road that'll lead you back to the field.
01:56
That's good copy.
02:01
County Dispatch 85, Chief.
02:04
Go ahead.
02:06
I'm on scene.
02:09
More.
02:18
85 Brush.
02:20
It's 85 County.
02:23
Boots and Roads.
02:27
That's for all put brush and road.
02:29
25 Chief to 85 Brush.
02:32
What we've got is that guy burning the corn stalks off his field. He's got it plowed all the way around the perimeter, but we're going to have to drive out there and check it out.
02:42
If the utility could respond to, that would help.
02:47
That's good copy.

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Near Balsam Rd, Stratford, WI 54484

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