Large fire involving bales burns near U.S. Highway 69, Woodville TX
WildfireA large fire is burning bales of material at the back of a property near U.S. Highway 69 South in Woodville, Texas. Multiple fire departments and equipment are responding. The fire is hard to control due to low water supply, and traffic is being managed to allow emergency vehicles to access the scene.
Audio|Source: Shady Grove VFD
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Transcript:
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Fargo on our county. Go ahead.
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Tril me in route to that fire from Lomerton.
00:03
Two more.
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60,100, 30100 without you.
00:08
Go ahead, Alan. Hey it, Alan. Go ahead, Alan.
00:11
Allen, we got a mess here.
00:13
We're going to have to, we ain't got enough water in the county to put this out.
00:16
We're going to have to trade like a wood fire.
00:18
It's back here in the very back of this entire place, and all these bales are bailed together.
00:24
I've got two ladder strokes coming, four or five more tankers and Forest Service is bringing a dozer.
00:29
Johnson, John's on the phone with him right now.
00:31
Copy your ass, you know, I spoke with him earlier.
00:35
Let's, uh, 6'100, let's just, uh, make a way to, uh, to block traffic on one lane.
00:41
We'll shut one lane down, and, uh, that'll be our water route.
00:44
You'll see when you get here, Alan, we're going to have to have, we're going to have a water source, either a pond or something, because this thing is, it ain't, it's not going to stop.
00:56
That's clear. If I have to, I'll get more tankers in route up there. 3,100 County. 3,100 County. Go ahead and get Berger in route with their tankers and go ahead and get Dan B in route with their tankers, please.
01:21
Louisiana Rail, assuming U.S. Highway, 69 South, but Woodville is requesting mutual aid in the form of tankers. They need tankers. Starting by Rognizier Route, U.A. 69 South, the Woodville of the old tire shop, have a mutual aid for a fire. They need a tanker.
01:39
DanVee 5RAT, U.S. Highway 69 South, we need mutual aid on a large fire requesting tankers. Dan v. Fire, DG & in route, U.S. Highway 69 South, we believe mutual aid on a large fire requesting tankers.
01:59
100 County, sorry to bother you again. But go ahead and get allegiance and round for standby, please. 24. 24. 3100. Say it's 24. All right, you go ahead and ask. Go ahead and bring an airtakers a couple more men. Clear, so we're going to need all the water we can get. When you get there, get with my 31.25, you're going to be the operator on 371.
02:27
at 3102 and we've got dump trains set up so we'll go from there.
02:35
60,100. Go ahead. Okay, I'm going to give you an update right here. We got a track code coming in here. He's going to widen this road in here. He's actually going to move the tires from one side to the other to give us a bigger buffer zone. That's clear. I'm probably heading us out.
03:04
Brian Davis with Napko is supposed to bring some equipment over there also. Yeah, that'd help a lot. The Woodville now.
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US-69, Woodville, TX
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