Vehicle fire spreads to grass near US Highway 281, Dublin TX


A vehicle caught fire near US Highway 281, and the flames spread to nearby grass. The fire threatened roadside areas, leading authorities to close the highway temporarily and request traffic assistance to manage the scene and ensure safety.
Audio|Source: Stephenville & Erath County Fire/EMS/VFDs
03:44
Transcript:
00:00
Are you responding to the vehicle fire?
00:10
Distitioner response to you're reaching in District 1.
00:14
104. EMS District 1. Standby for Dispice.
00:25
BMS, District 1, District 1. These here respond to the near US Highway 281 as a vehicle and grass fire.
00:30
Grass fire.
00:34
Again, respond to the near US Highway 281.
00:37
Highway 281.
00:38
Time and dispatch 1519. Second tone.
00:53
MediCorps unit in route.
01:01
Tempt for Medicore, say you responding to 1520.
01:05
10-4[1]-medicore, say you're responding 1520.
01:06
The 3774 in route with safe.
01:18
373 show you in route.
01:23
All 800 and so I'm on scene, one vehicle fully involved.
01:31
We're going to need some traffic help pretty quick.
01:36
10-4[1], I've got deputies in route and a DPS trooper.
01:40
I do show one vehicle involved.
01:50
CRB2 is on scene. I'm going to hold traffic to northbound, stop them until we get further depth.
01:58
Yeah, that'd be good.
02:00
It is a smaller kind of box truck. The fire that is running through the grass is up to the fence line currently. It's not running. It's just burning slow.
02:16
When you can, can you get firm if we actually have any patients or not?
02:22
Cispaic-806 is on.
02:26
Copy 806 on seat.
02:33
All right,
02:39
under that's over your information. We're going to shut the highway down until we get control on this fire.
02:45
Tempor copy setting down roads.
02:56
Go ahead.
02:59
CREAD County lot 10 brush 66.
03:03
Lot Fram 66.
03:08
Morgan Mill unit from Aeowner, go ahead, 10 brush 66.
03:15
800,
03:18
go ahead.
03:24
800, do we want to have live band shut down the road at 4?
03:31
Yeah,
03:34
let's go ahead and get them in position.
03:35
It shouldn't take long, but yeah,
03:37
let's make preparation for it.
03:43
8.05 north.
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10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received
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