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Large wildfire reported south of Knippa on County Road 1049Knippa TX

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Knippa, TX 78870

A large wildfire is burning south of Knippa on County Road 1049. Black smoke is visible, and fire units are responding. The road has been closed to traffic. Additional fire units are requested to assist with firefighting and mop-up efforts.

Audio|Source: Uvalde Fire
04:46
Transcript:
00:00
Looks like we have a larger fire just south of Canipa.
00:03
I'm en route to that location.
00:06
Stand by for a moment.
00:10
Definitely.
00:14
Bay Station Unit 11.
00:17
Go ahead.
00:20
Okay, they dispatch Sabineau fire down Canary Road 3.01 down in the Garnafield Road.
00:26
Do they need to redirect and come down 1049 or what?
00:34
Give me a minute to make location here just south of Canipa.
00:39
This one over here is putting off a lot of black smoke.
00:51
Enod 11 to Bay Station, half, seven out, Tom off of 90, south on, uh, conip on 1049.
01:00
10.4, I'll have them turn around, go the other way.
01:07
Enid 11 to tanker 2.
01:10
If you can make this 20 south of 1049, also unit 9 or brush 2, whichever one becomes available, we'll need your assistance over here as well.
01:22
104 tanker 2 and around to you.
01:33
Eat at 11, T-Valty dispatch, 1049 south will be closed at this time, just south at Kniepa.
02:07
10-2 unit 11th uh june rises down kind of a 301 or 1049
02:16
Twenty-seven the tankers.
02:22
Go ahead.
02:25
Are you coming to this location on ten forty-nine top?
02:30
Yeah,
02:36
uh, yeah, I'm in.
02:37
Uh, what do you need me? I'm coming up to the ten forty-nine and a six-like thirty-nine section.
02:49
27. The night each fight fire.
02:51
Those fires are going to be all the way up here north of the solar farms on 1049 south.
02:55
You'll see connific pump on the side of the road.
02:59
All right now, turn it on 10.9 right now.
03:06
104-6 and 2.
03:07
We're sitting down 1049.
03:16
Brush 30 in 11.
03:20
Brush 30 in 11.
03:37
Q's 111st2G something.
03:40
I'm doing now and you all listening to come to assist us over here.
03:45
We only have an engine with a crossway and we need to do some mopping up.
03:52
Where is over here?
03:55
South of Kiniffel on 1049.
04:00
1049. You're getting nice and finally on coming over there.
04:05
10-4[1], good copy.
04:14
7 unit 9. 7 unit 9.
04:17
Go ahead and 3 unit 9.
04:33
We're our host stretch all the way out over here and you're going to see that first fire as you're coming around these yellow aero signs on the curve.
04:39
I can see you right now.
04:40
Good. It's about 100 feet in front of you.
04:44
I see it. I see it.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment / Message received

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