Fire crews work to control wildfire near school district, Wasco County OR


Firefighters are actively working to control a wildfire near the southeast corner of South Wasco County School District 1. They are using water from a nearby creek and coordinating equipment such as a dozer. They are checking for campers in the area and ensuring safe vehicle and personnel access.
Audio|Source: Wasco County (South) Fire and Ambulance Dispatch
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Transcript:
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We're going to try to set up for water up here on this edge.
00:03
So if I got a pump with me, we've got a crick right here.
00:05
Bring a water from the top side down.
00:08
I think we're at the southeast corner of this thing and it's not very far in now.
00:15
Yeah, I'll just hold off on doing that until the Dozer gets there and then you can put a line in and then you could put your hose way in on the bottom side.
00:25
That might work really well.
00:26
Okay.
00:27
to 503, 543.
00:29
543. I can't think about it, but we might want to send somebody out to the end of Ashley Oak Road and make sure there's no campers out in there.
00:37
Okay, they talked about taking that dozer across right there near the homestead.
00:42
If you go straight out, there's easy place across the creek right there.
00:46
I told her you're going to cross that creek anywhere.
00:48
Okay, just don't know how big it is.
00:49
Once there's one down here in the brush where we started to go, but anyway, okay, well, talk to that's fit.
00:54
You did catch my comment about Asher Uproad, didn't you?
00:58
Yeah, I don't know if the state's been down that way or not.
01:00
County deputy just came by me and he said he came all the way through, but I didn't ask if he checked out the spur roads.
01:09
543 is 501.
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Location mentioned:
South Wasco County School District 1, OR
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