Smoke odor detected near Joe Machado Field with no fire found, Avalon CA
WildfireFire units detected a strong smell of vegetation smoke near Joe Machado Field and Quail Canyon. No visible fire was found. A drone was deployed to help search the area.
Audio|Source: Los Angeles County Fire - Command 50
02:16
Transcript:
00:00
Engine one, Engine 7, Patrol 55, Command 55, will be up behind the Joe Machado Field investigating odor of smoke.
00:13
Yeah, and can we have a deputy respond?
00:22
A1 from 55, most likely going to be on the west side of the canyon behind 55.
00:32
Copy.
00:37
55 from 255, the campground is clear.
00:43
Copy that. Yeah, we're thinking it's probably going to be, I'm going to take a wild guess and say it's going to be up Quail Canyon.
00:49
There's a, uh...
00:54
P-EH encampment back up there.
01:03
Dispatch, engine one is on scene.
01:06
We have a heavy odor of vegetation fire, nothing found yet.
01:12
We'll be in the area to investigating.
01:21
Engine 1, Command 1, I'm en route and we also have a drone going up right now.
01:32
Copy.
01:35
Hey, Command 1 from 55, I was going to ask you about that.
01:38
If you guys want to launch them from 55 as you can.
01:45
He's launching right now already, thank you.
01:50
Copy that, I'm thinking it's probably going to be up Quail at that known location, maybe.
02:00
Yeah,
02:02
that's what I was thinking.
02:07
The odor's pretty strong at the back of the flight station.
02:15
I think I got your drone.
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Location mentioned:
Joe Machado Field, 1000 Avalon Cyn Rd, Avalon, CA 90704
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