Wildfire spreads south near power lines and fields, Washington County OR
WildfireFire crews are battling a wildfire near power lines and agricultural fields on Southwest 66th Avenue. The fire is spreading south due to wind shifts, making containment difficult. A farmer is assisting by placing a wet line. Power lines are threatened but still intact. Firefighters are focusing efforts along the field edges and monitoring the fire's progress towards tree areas nearby.
Audio|Source: Washington County Fire and EMS
09:29
Transcript:
00:00
Brush 8-6, is that view coming down the road right now in front of the tractor?
00:06
Affirmative.
00:08
Okay, find a place to enter the field somewhere in there and make your way to the north edge of the field right there along the road.
00:18
Let's just try to keep it and check it the road.
00:23
Brush 8-6 copies, we'll stop at it here.
00:27
Yeah, right there looks good.
00:29
And we're getting a wind shift.
00:30
This is now starting to push towards the south.
00:33
So let's just try to get a hit on this north end, keep it black, and then we'll transition out south.
00:40
C8 from command, how's it look out there?
00:44
You're accurate, we do have it just pushing to the south now.
00:47
Power lines are involved, so let's have folks come into the field on the east side of the fire if we can.
00:55
I do have a farmer here that's going to put down a wet line, but he's not going to be going direct attack.
01:03
Okay, command copies, fire is moving to the south now.
01:06
Power lanes are involved, and we've got a farmer that's going to be putting down a wetline.
01:15
At 1105, Southwest 66th Avenue, Unit 3,321.
01:21
Cross streets are no street in Southwest Canyon Court.
01:26
Working Channel, Ops 34.
01:31
Okay,
01:34
I'm just going to have you stage out on the road for now.
01:40
Thank you, we can stage on the road.
01:53
Engine 8, why don't you just stage your engine out here on the road somewhere, just leave room for the rigs to get by, and then attach your personnel to 816 and support their efforts there with the brush rig for now until I get more units here?
02:09
Hey, Cadizette.
02:13
And command from C8, just to be clear, the fire is under the power lines, and it is at the base of one of the poles.
02:20
Power lines still appear to be intact, but I prefer that we didn't have folks going underneath them at this point.
02:26
On your side of the power lines, it's just that dirt and very, very small green stubble.
02:32
Our problem is over here near me.
02:36
Okay, Command Company's all Fire[1]Com, Command.
02:39
We've got the Power Company coming, correct?
02:43
Okay.
02:47
Okay, thanks.
02:52
One-five six.
02:54
One-five-six.
02:55
One-five-six to respond the call on Shady Fur Loop coming from AMR Office.
03:03
Copy.
03:08
We can stretch a line to that tractor if you want, otherwise you want us to fill up 8-6 when they're out of water.
03:16
Yeah, why don't we keep your tank water here? I don't have any other units on scene.
03:20
You're going to help fill up that brush rig until I get more people here.
03:23
That tractor is no factor.
03:25
It's in the black.
03:26
I don't think it could go anywhere.
03:31
Hey, got it.
03:34
Come in brush 86.
03:38
8-6 command.
03:41
We're working around the west flank right now, trying to get all the way down to the head of the fire here.
03:48
Got a pretty good hit on the north end.
03:54
Okay, I, Kelly.
03:56
That's probably going to be burning back on itself, given the direction of the wind.
03:59
Just watch your back and make sure that nothing pops up behind you.
04:02
It looks like you've got some fire back there already.
04:09
Command from HB4.
04:13
Yeah, we brush, go ahead.
04:17
We just passed Cox, water tender aid is in front of us.
04:24
Okay,
04:26
we're now getting some pretty good wind on this.
04:28
Flame lengths have kicked up.
04:29
They're probably about 8 to 10 feet.
04:32
We're now running to the south.
04:33
I'd like you to do to engage the field on the east end behind Engine 8 and work your way to the south on that east flank.
04:44
Work from the black and see if we can get up there and cut this thing off.
04:50
Every brush four copies east side to the south.
04:56
That's correct.
05:00
Just breathing normally.
05:02
Shadabal isn't able to get up.
05:04
She's been a week recently.
05:06
The garage store will be open, no further.
05:10
Rescue six four copies.
05:20
I'm pushing that right there.
05:27
Come ahead, Water Tinder 8's on scene.
05:32
Water Tinder 8, let's do the same.
05:34
Why don't you guys get out there behind Brush 86, get your novels on, bumper novels on, and let's have you guys take out heat behind this thing as the brush rigs getting knocked out.
05:48
I'll need you by a water bar and then get behind the brush rig and just leave water down.
05:55
That's correct.
05:56
I'm going to be attaching you to Brush 8-6.
05:58
You're behind Brush 8-6.
06:05
Command 14-minute project.
06:15
Heavy Brush 4, go ahead and take a hard left right there, go right through the black, and all the way out to that east edge, come back down to the south.
06:25
Every rush, four copies.
06:30
Command, Station 13.
06:33
13.
06:37
We've still got a brush and a tender outstanding for your box.
06:40
I can staff one or the other.
06:42
Do you have a preference?
06:45
My brush hook is fine.
06:48
Copy it, and this is Fitz.
06:51
If you want, I can come out as overhead, it's $1,300.
06:53
It's that help you out as well.
06:56
I'll let you know when you get out here.
06:58
Thanks, bud.
07:01
Your 14's arriving.
07:04
418. And go into the black, get up to the front of this thing.
07:07
Let's see if we can cut this thing off.
07:09
It's running pretty good now, and it's extended out to the south there, about another half acre.
07:14
Let me know if you can get out there and hit the front of this.
07:17
Work from the black.
07:20
14, Cobby, he's worked for the black on the south.
07:32
See, go ahead.
07:34
Yeah, it looks like I'm still getting some pretty good progress, burning to the south.
07:38
Do you have eyes on what I'm going to consider to be the front of this fire now?
07:44
Yeah, I do.
07:45
I have been eye on it.
07:46
It is pretty much directly in front of me.
07:49
It's catching up to the next power pole.
07:53
It's not going to be going to the west.
07:56
It's going to continue to go south and east.
07:59
If we could get,
08:01
let's see a impression come up here a little, get ahead of the pro page 6.
08:08
They might be able to do a little more bit up here.
08:13
Okay, heavy brush four.
08:15
Go around the little brush and take your point from C8.
08:21
See if you guys can't get up closer to the front on that.
08:26
Heavy brush four copies.
08:30
C8 from command.
08:32
If this continues burning to the south, what's the exposure?
08:37
It looks like we terminate just at the trees back there.
08:41
There is only the tree vegetation that you can see.
08:44
It doesn't look like we have any structures down there.
08:47
Our primary concern is going to be the power lines.
08:52
Okay, command copies.
08:54
Can you give me a heads up when we're probably 100 yards or so away from that tree line that will change the strategy there if we reach the trees?
09:07
I will. It looks like we're probably going to be have this about leaped here in another couple minutes, so.
09:13
Okay, real good.
09:14
Thank you.
09:17
Command for 49.
09:18
Let them have the drone up and on that head of the side.
09:22
Fire[1]s lying on that power line road area and it's just continuing to burn towards the creek, but like Morris that we're getting pretty much down.
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SW 66th Ave, Oregon 97223
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