Brush fire near camper with possible meth lab site, Currituck County NC
Fire & Arson; Drugs ViolationFire and EMS responded to a brush fire near a camper in Currituck County, NC. Residents warned that the area might be a meth lab. Units were advised to proceed with caution due to possible hazardous materials. The fire was a brush and debris fire, not involving any structure. Authorities confirmed the nearby house was unoccupied. The fire was deep in the woods but not spreading rapidly.
Audio|Source: Currituck County Fire and EMS
07:39
Transcript:
00:00
Engine 31 is in route.
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1712.
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526 to engine.
00:15
The time is, John.
00:17
The time is.
00:20
Kerri-Tuck, are we confirmed or not if anybody's inside the structure?
00:25
I have not confirmed.
00:27
We'll check the fault.
00:29
Copy that, thank you.
00:33
Curry, Tuck, Lieutenant 5.
00:37
Lieutenant 5.
00:40
I'm being led back there right now by one of the nearby residents, and I've had two residents tell me that this could possibly be a meth lab.
00:51
Copy.
00:53
All units proceed with caution per Lieutenant 5. This could possibly be a meth lab.
01:00
All units responding 751, South Navy Road, deputies advise that the house is not occupied.
01:12
Agent 5 to Lieutenant 5.
01:15
If it is a confirmed lab, stay away.
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I copy.
01:28
Battalion, Jen, Medic 1.
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Number 1, go ahead.
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Run J. Command of that scene, Harris.
01:41
I'll copy that. I'm still on foot trying to come back to it to see exactly what we got.
01:49
And Newporty, Santa Barbara. Logo.
01:53
Nation 40 is Canterbos, 1722.
02:02
This is Medical One. I'm on location.
02:05
Medical One will have command.
02:07
Currently I'm looking at a brush fire that is impeding on a camper.
02:12
No structure involved at this time.
02:15
According to the access, we're going to have to bring the brush truck back here. I do not take an engine. I'm going to make it down this path.
02:21
And we're going to have probably set up a water shuttle between the brush truck and an engine.
02:26
All units respond and please be advised. Do not. block the entrance.
02:33
Kurt-hug copies threat. Medical One is on scene. Medical One has command.
02:40
Brush truck, you can proceed. The engine may not make it down there. You will have to shuttle water.
02:47
All units do not block the driveways.
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Medic 1 from Port Shireland.
02:57
Go ahead, Forrestor, just make one.
03:00
How large is the brushfire?
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Yeah, you're fine, and around.
03:08
Approximately 150, about 150.
03:11
And it's in the middle of the woods, but it doesn't seem to be spreading rapidly.
03:15
It seems to be in place.
03:19
And Jim 4 to be Part 2, in route.
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1720.
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Engine 31.
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Engine 31. He's on.
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Brush 5, hold. Engine 31.
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Section 31 is on scene, our general.
03:39
We're clear.
03:41
Copy, on scene, clear.
03:42
1725. Brush 5,
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copy. Brush 5, this is Medic 1.
03:53
Nope.
03:55
What's your ETA?
03:58
Right along time, yeah.
04:01
Copy that. You should be able to make it right on down the pass. Come past the medic and come up approximately 300 more yards and you'll be turning to the left down a little field path, and you'll see the fire.
04:14
Right, thank you.
04:20
Take one from Fortry one.
04:23
This is a score. This is a fourth year. This is medical one.
04:29
Do you do a bulldozer to prowl this far?
04:37
I would put it on standoff right now.
04:40
Right now I can't get close enough to it to see how far back.
04:44
Give me a few seconds, I'll get back with you.
04:48
Or she'll go.
04:52
May 24 third talk.
04:54
94.
04:57
We're transporting one BLS[1], non-emergent, Chesapeat.
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BLS[1], non-emergence, 1727.
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Rastry 1, this is medical one.
05:14
Good.
05:16
Go ahead and start a dozer this way. It is deep-seated in the woods. It's not moving rapidly,
05:21
but it is deep-seated in the woods back here.
05:26
All right, can't do that, thank.
05:30
17, grades up, we'll see.
05:33
Lerentine, 17, 27.
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A giant 10, command.
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Just command, go ahead.
05:46
Can you put somebody out front so we can direct all these units in?
05:51
I believe the Sheriff's Department has somebody out there from what I was sold.
05:58
Copy that, thank you, sir.
06:02
Fire meters in a pickup truck is sitting at the end of the road, the direct traffic.
06:10
Copy.
06:13
Kitty Hoc, Captain 13, to command.
06:18
Command, go ahead.
06:20
Yeah, I'll verify I'm at the end of the road right now.
06:25
I copy that.
06:27
Right now this is not a structural fire, this is going to be a brush and debris fire.
06:32
And I do not think an engine can make it safely back here.
06:42
Central engine fire is on location over 5.
06:45
Watch for five minutes now.
06:48
Engine 5, 17.1.
06:50
Last year, 9.
06:53
And it'll be tanker 5.
06:55
Tanker 5.
07:01
Engine 40, command.
07:08
71 Central.
07:10
Can you guys in your hydrant, 759 Vaview Road?
07:22
Your nearest hydrant is going to be River Lane Road and Cheratoke Highway.
07:34
Utility one.
07:36
Sitting here looking at the fire right now is starting to spread into it with a little bit more.
Police codes explained
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BLS: Basic Life Support transport
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