Fire spreads to church roof near US-59 in Houston, Houston TX
Fire & ArsonA fire is spreading near US-59 in Houston with strong wind causing smoke to blow onto a nearby church. The church roof has caught fire. Emergency units are managing road closures to allow more fire trucks to get to the scene.
Audio|Source: Houston Police Department - All Districts
04:14
Transcript:
00:00
We're to like the south and east of the fire.
00:03
We're going to have to stay on this side because there's a wind that's blowing all that smoke.
00:08
We don't want to get it into the cab of the aircraft here, so we'll do what we can from up here.
00:20
6044.
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24.
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24.
00:26
Cut herself with knives, unknown is still armed.
00:31
12-day-ed-2-9 get a heavy check-by. Can I get a 12-district sergeant a monitor?
00:37
6p4 to dispatch.
00:38
We have a combat if you know about here that we just took an effect and kind of need them.
00:44
That's great.
00:49
All right, can clear.
00:56
Player 3, show me around for that call.
01:05
6th beat 20, go ahead.
01:09
I arrived here on 59 in McGowan.
01:13
There's a fire truck and an ambulance in the motorcycle.
01:16
I don't know if they're exporting somebody or transporting somebody, but they're not to stop being it.
01:23
That's the person that's involved in the accident is the motorcycle.
01:28
The Polk County, a constable, a motorcycle involved in that accident.
01:33
They did request a H&D to the scene. Transported already.
01:40
If the HFD is transporting, they didn't say that they were transporting, but the motorcycle is the one that's involved in the accident.
01:50
I'm here and we're driving nonstop all the way to, we're passing two at it is now.
01:56
Nobody's stopping.
01:57
Motorcycle that's driving and moving.
02:00
But I guess I keep driving around making use for it, especially anything else.
02:04
It's not only clear.
02:06
Okay, so it's supposed to be 59 at Gray in front of Central.
02:10
599 in front of Gray.
02:13
It doesn't look like people live there, just FYI. It looks kind of bacon.
02:21
And I'm going to do a call back on it.
02:23
The East these brown buildings is just a business. I just couldn't say on the other side. I'm going to unit to look over there.
02:31
14-05. I'm on the west side on, I came down from Cottingham. The next unit that comes from the west side, still stopped further back and stop this traffic from them down here so we can get more HGP apparatus in here.
02:49
I mean, we did a callback, we got a hold of the caller, but the disturbance of the scale happening and it sounds like somebody took away the phone. Can you do a callback, see if you can ping the phone for a better location?
03:03
The wind is blowing the fire onto that church, so that's, they have a fire on that one as well, on the west side.
03:18
We gain access to that lot where the submit trucks are. Do you have a phone for it back there yet?
03:29
Yeah, I think I've seen them setting up right now. Give me one second, I've got to run down to that side.
03:39
Buck, did you say that the church was on fire now?
03:43
Yes, sir, that's clear.
03:44
The roof of the church is on fire.
03:49
Clear?
03:53
There are Mary unit available for 60-40 days?
03:58
I'm more equipment coming. You need to open up that intersection down there.
04:07
Units on Wayside open up that intersection.
04:12
I'll be arriving in the area.
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US-59, Houston, TX
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