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Wildfire burns near house by wood line on River RoadHattiesburg MS

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Near River Rd, Hattiesburg, MS 39401

Fire crews responded to a wildfire burning near the wood line close to a house near River Rd. They entered through a wooded path blocked by a fallen tree and staged equipment in a nearby field while checking for more burning areas.

Audio|Source: Forrest County Volunteer Fire Dispatch
02:38
Transcript:
00:00
Rescue to come back here to where we came in yesterday to get back here in the woods.
00:06
The homeowner's advising it's outside the line back here.
00:14
So do you have an ETA for a forester?
00:21
Negative service that he didn't advise the day room were out.
00:24
They were called right after you guys were paged.
00:29
Can't work.
00:33
Just advise then they're going to have to come in the same way that they did last nine deploy.
00:41
Okay.
00:57
Go ahead, dude.
00:59
We're over here on the River Road side near River Rd.
01:04
We got some, looks like it's kind of close to the wood line over here by the house, so we're going to check it out.
01:09
We'll advise you if we need any more hands over here. If you want to scope out where we were yesterday, make sure we're good over there.
01:17
More on the backside with 8 right now.
01:22
See ya, 4.
01:24
I just turned in that driveway, going back here to this house where y'all need me back here.
01:31
Come into the woods like we came in yesterday and just come all the way to the back. There's one of these burntout trees that fell across the path back there now. We're going to walk in the rest.
01:41
I'm passing the house right here now.
01:43
I got engine 11 coming in here with me.
01:49
10-4[1], probably just stage him in the field right now until we figure out exactly where to send him and everything back here. It'll be too tight to get that engine him.
01:57
10-4[1], you copy that engine, love him?
02:01
10-4[1], I'm going to come through that field and stage right down that field close to y'all just in case you need water.
02:12
All right, I'm coming in the wood line now. Y'all say just come all the way back.
02:17
TAM4 all the way back to where we had the engine out yesterday. There's a tree that's falling there now. We're back here on this dozer path trying to figure out exactly where it's burning out.
02:27
Tand4, I'll be pulling up on you a second.
02:34
North Force engine 11 to North Forest, North Forest, 2.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment/OK

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Location mentioned:
Near River Rd, Hattiesburg, MS 39401
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