Illegal controlled burn reported near veterans center, Yorktown TX
A deputy responded to an illegal controlled burn near Highway 72 East behind the veterans center in Yorktown. The fire owner was unable to extinguish the fire with a water hose. Fire department was dispatched with brush and tanker trucks to the scene.
Audio|Source: DeWitt County Sheriff and Fire, Cuero Police and EMS
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Transcript:
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I'm going to be.
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Yorktown Volunteer Fire Department, Yorktown Volunteer Fire Department.
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I have a deputy requesting a brush truck out to near East Highway 72.
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Near Highway 72.
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It's going to be a white gate just past the veterans of foreign wars and a deputy will be standing by.
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Deputy is on scene of an illegal controlled burn that the individual is unable to put out with a water hose.
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Time is 1415.
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This is for them far.
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Yorktown Fire respond to Highway 72 East behind the veterans center.
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There will be a deputy at the white gate and Yorktown Fire is requesting a tanker truck.
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The time is 1422.
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Location mentioned:
Yorktown, TX 78164
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