Wildfire spreads near Zion Church Lane in Alabama, Limestone County AL
WildfireAn active wildfire is spreading rapidly near Zion Church Lane in Alabama. Fire crews and local farmers are using tractors and a dozer to create fire lines and contain the fire. The fire is wind-driven and moving toward the west and southwest, posing a risk of entering nearby woods. Water supply efforts and additional resources are being coordinated to manage the fire.
Audio|Source: Limestone County Fire Dispatch
05:20
Transcript:
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2040 all again is the ranch. Farmer does have a desk in route.
00:10
County fire, Forestry 11th.
00:16
Forestry 11, go ahead.
00:20
I am in route to that fire on Zion Church Lane.
00:27
Dozer is loaded up now. He'll be headed that way here just a few minutes.
00:35
Forestry 11, we copy.
00:41
204 Forestry 11.
00:43
Go ahead.
00:47
Forestry 11, we're having trouble keeping up with it. The west side is the danger. It's going to be in the woods very shortly.
00:54
The farmer does have a tractor here that hopefully we're going to be able to disk around it. But it's been wind-driven.
01:03
It's moving heavy to the west and southwest.
01:08
Okay. All right.
01:10
GPS shows me to be there in about 20 minutes.
01:16
204 conference. If we're trying our best to keep it out of the woods.
01:20
Okay.
01:29
John, you may want to see if Huntz can bring us some water.
01:35
Good idea. 2040 County Fire.
01:40
204, go ahead.
01:43
Request hodge will send a truck with water for water supply.
01:50
Copy.
01:58
Y'all watch out for these shifting lens.
02:01
Stay where you at.
02:06
I'm down out here in front of it knocking it down.
02:11
Keep an eye on it.
02:19
I've got a dozer down here with me cutting rut around it.
02:26
I caught.
02:35
204, Forestry 11th.
02:38
Go ahead, Forestry 11th.
02:42
Does I just hear something they say there's a dozer on scene cutting the line?
02:48
There's something down there cutting the line.
02:50
I do have a tractor hinted that way that's cutting one.
02:54
17-01, correction 17-0-2.
02:58
Is there any dozer?
03:02
Okay. Well, if I don't need my dozer, just let me know and I can turn him around.
03:09
10-4[1], yeah. Well, I'll let you know, keep it in wrap for right now because we're pretty heavy fire here.
03:15
Okay.
03:19
Okay.
03:23
You got a tractor going around with that car?
03:27
I copy. I just sent one down that way.
03:40
Okay,
03:42
man, Farmer could drive on a desk.
03:46
24, copy.
03:49
That is Farmer with a desk, Coach. It's not a dozen.
04:02
20-04 Huntsled fire station 18 has been notified they'll be responding with water.
04:11
Hereful.
04:15
20-04 all used,
04:20
I have another tractor on the scene with the disc cutting out on the south-west side.
04:30
We're in the corn going north now.
04:47
20-4-7-0-2.
04:50
Go ahead, it's 17-O2.
04:54
Go ahead, 17-12.
04:59
With the two-disc and a dozer own scene, we can probably cancel Station 18.
05:04
All right, cop, I'm going to let them go ahead and stand around.
05:13
We've got, I know we're out of water and you guys may be out shortly, so we'll keep them in route for a while.
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10-4: Acknowledgment (Message received)
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Zion Church Ln, Alabama 35671
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