Large wildfire burns two acres near Winslow Hill Rd, Benezette PA
WildfireA large wildfire is burning about two acres near Winslow Hill Road in Benazette Township. The fire is moving uphill and burning up to 14 feet high in the trees. It is spreading at a steady rate and may move toward a viewing area and nearby camps. No structures are currently known to be endangered. Emergency responders are on the scene working to assess and contain the fire.
Audio|Source: Elk County Police, Fire and EMS Dispatch
07:7
Transcript:
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All Elklin search and rescue members here needed to respond.
00:04
(number withheld) Winslow Hill Road, Benazette Township for a large wildfire.
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System 5-up.
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A system 5-up.
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Assistant 5.
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Film you on scene.
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Charlie on scene.
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Deputy 5 L County, I'm on scene, establishing command.
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Crop Yotty.
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Deputy 5O.0 County.
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S12 from L.
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County.
01:10
Trying to reach S12 for Deputy 16, they can't get a hold of each other.
01:41
Assistant 61.
01:45
Go ahead, System 5.
01:48
Where are you at?
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Try to get up to this pad to see what I've got going on up here.
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Is it heading right now?
02:08
You're all broke up.
02:11
Is it coming down the hill or is it just going up the hill?
02:16
Up the hill.
02:19
I copy that.
02:27
Deputy five the one coming in now.
02:30
Oh, never mind, keep pass by it.
02:52
All Elklin members, you needed to respond to (number withheld) Winslow Hill Road Benisette Township for a large wildfire.
03:05
L-County control from L-plan-1, I'm acknowledging the call in-rout to station.
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Copy L-1 Acknowledging in-rout to station.
03:21
...in-routhings to Chief 5.
03:25
All right, Judge 5.
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5.
03:33
Go ahead.
03:36
I'm not 100% sure exactly how to access this via any kind of road at the moment.
03:41
I might take a ride down a little bit, see if I can find a way to come up.
03:51
If anybody up there, I can't get my maps to load right, that if there's a road up there, that we can cut it off.
03:59
It sounds like it's heading towards that outfueling area.
04:09
Go ahead.
04:13
I'm walking up the hill now to see how far away it is from the viewing area.
04:19
We'll see if we have any place carted out of that.
04:23
Okay. Not that.
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I'm from 161.
04:32
Yeah, but he's probably, go ahead.
04:37
It's approximately two acres, it's burned a decent rate, and it's currently burning about 14 foot up in there, up trees.
04:53
In the amount of hard time understanding you, I've heard two acres still spreading at a decent rate.
04:59
After that, I couldn't understand you.
05:04
Awesome running up the tree is about 14 foot.
05:07
All right. Do we have any structures that are going to be endangered at that location? Can you tell from that?
05:19
Nothing as of right now that I see, but I'm walking up towards the viewing area, see if we have an access road.
05:27
I know there's a camp up this way.
05:29
I don't know how far back in the woods it is, so...
05:35
All right,
05:37
well if you can let me know what you got there.
05:40
Is our best access going to be coming back to that elk corn road or no?
05:49
As of right now, it'll be your best access.
05:54
All right, that's where I received.
05:57
Assistant 5 from Deputy 5, um, with the status back there.
06:03
There's a bunch of camps and stuff here just to the south.
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I'm going to take it right over there see if I can get in access there.
06:12
All right, so you want me to still keep sending stuff back that way then?
06:20
St. Mary's.
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for a 66 year old female, sick person, vomiting, abnormal breathing.
06:32
When is the old hill and then down 45?
06:35
Yeah, come, when do you get up the point?
06:39
513, 65. Viewing center there at that's run,
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to just give me, see if you can see anything from that area at this point in time.
06:52
Side of the one deputy five just three days.
06:54
You want me to come up by the visitor center, see if I, want me to go up the end of the visitor center, just in that area look and see if I see anything.
07:04
Negative, I want you to come all the way up the porcupine and then call.
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Location mentioned:
Near Winslow Hill Rd, Benezette, PA 15821
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