Large brush fire near Fittgenstein Road and Route 55, Fountain County IN
Fire & ArsonA large brush fire occurred near Fittgenstein Road and Route 55 in Indiana. The fire produced heavy smoke and multiple fire units and law enforcement officers were called to manage the scene. Authorities requested road closures to ensure safety due to the smoke blocking visibility on the highway.
Audio|Source: Fountain County Fire and EMS, Warren County EMS
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Transcript:
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If Kevington is not in round for this, you put them on standby for Pittsburgh.
00:06
Clear.
00:09
Coming to fire, be on standby for meters were fired until further notice. For me, coming to fire, be on standby for meters were fired until further notice.
00:16
For further, meters were required, at Fittgenstein Road, it's Fireground 3.
00:36
Here's a M.S1 is around the east.
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KEMS1.
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KEMS1.
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F1, check F1100. Take much.
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F1100 and F800 and fire round 3.
01:02
Go ahead.
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I'm a couple minutes now.
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I need to come in from the north of the south on main road.
01:09
One man.
01:15
We're west down on 40 or 55.
01:19
We got fire everywhere.
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We need a lot of help.
01:26
Here's next four.
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In Route 1.
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8482 are not going to fire, where are you going to want me?
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Route backstation.
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7-2.
02:06
Go ahead.
02:08
Can you advise that emerge of that.
02:22
5.20 east.
02:24
So you're going to go, on 300 north, you're going to go in your 5th McArmouse, going to grab a lane and get the back.
02:29
Go all the way back to the end and you'll see where it splits off.
02:33
We'll people are going down a grass plane and get the grass flame.
02:37
Great.
02:40
The split off of the grassling.
02:47
Yeah, his truck's coming out.
02:56
Step 1100, Brush 8-2, I'm about two out.
03:00
Three firefighters were gonna want me coming around the bend.
03:05
You just got to come wherever, we're everywhere here, we got fire all around us.
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Clear fire all around you.
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Up 1100% two, fire down to sea, we're... Well,
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one and a half bow.
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Just take a good time, but hammer it.
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I'm not going to have. I'm not clear.
03:42
I was calling one.
03:43
All right.
03:48
Clear.
03:53
If that's 800, can you get law enforcement to shut down 55 from 41 to 750 with a heavy smoke cross highway can't see the direction?
04:05
That's uh, broc. This is off there.
04:10
We're clear.
04:13
Brush 2 on scene.
04:19
Shut down the road and hit a large spot.
04:28
Where's the need to shut down at?
04:34
On Fushall Road and 17 from both sides there's heavy smoke in the area.
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A lot of fire trucks on the scene on the road.
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IN-55, Indiana
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