Fast-moving wildfire spreads near Stillhope Road in Bay City, Bay City TX
WildfireA wildfire is rapidly spreading near Stillhope Road in Bay City, Texas. Firefighters face challenges controlling the fire due to strong and changing winds. There is concern the fire could jump the road and threaten additional properties. Efforts are ongoing to contain the fire before it reaches Highway 60.
Audio|Source: Matagorda County Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
Entrance from Stillhope Road, and this fire is spreading pretty quickly, and I'm a single person having a difficult time fighting, and I could use them helpfully.
00:15
Hey, Terry, earlier we were just going to let that one burn and tended this back, and let that one burn closer to that house where it's more to fight, and then we could put it out if it was impinging on that house.
00:30
Troy, I'm concerned at this point the direction of the wind that it's going to jump the road and start burning on the other side, if that's not a problem.
00:37
As long as it's not going to cross Highway 60, we're good.
00:45
Well, it'll have to cross the railroad tracks first.
00:50
Yeah, I think it'll be fine, Terry.
00:52
You can come back here.
00:56
Received.
01:02
Matt Porter, 500 to Terry. I'll hit that with 500 when I get there.
01:09
Receives.
01:14
The day over date, you're showing 100.
01:22
13, go ahead.
01:24
Hey Mark, I think the wind's coming more out of the east now. This fire is going to spread toward line down. You're going to knock that out where you are.
01:35
I had a lot of feedback.
01:37
I heard nothing about coming out of the east.
01:39
Yeah,
01:40
we've got control over here.
01:42
Yeah, I'm saying that the wind has come more out of the east now, so it's going to spread the fire west toward the highway.
01:52
Yeah, that's what we're seeing right now.
01:54
We're trying to catch it.
02:00
107 is coming out for water.
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Bay City, TX 77414
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