Traffic lanes closed due to smoke near Roxborough State Park, Littleton CO


Traffic lanes on Broadway near Roxborough State Park have been closed due to hazardous smoke conditions. Police are controlling traffic and advising people to stay out of the smoke. Evacuation of a nearby strip mall is being considered as smoke is blowing toward that area.
Audio|Source: South Metro Fire Rescue
02:6
Transcript:
00:00
Can I get LPD for some traffic control?
00:03
A-Firm, we'll get him headed your way, 1218.
00:09
Matt, 38, command.
00:13
38.
00:15
Yeah,
00:17
if you can access from Broadway to the main access to the Kingsweeper's parking lot, you should be able to pull past there a little bit, and we're going to need your blanket.
00:27
There is a copy, we're coming up right behind 11th.
00:30
I'll come face to face.
00:33
Just confirming we're good, not flowing water at this point, correct?
00:38
A-firm,
00:40
I'll have my crews take a look to before we deploy the blanket, but we'll get it ready.
00:45
Scratch, Rush Engine 39.
00:51
Brush Engine 39.
00:54
You can unlink us and Rush Engine 39 will be out of service for training.
01:04
Can you utilize them to our advantage to control our traffic?
01:12
Make sure and advise them to stay out of the smoke, too.
01:18
Robby, they're over by HAL 138.
01:22
Houseout 38, here's live all evening.
01:29
San Safety 2 is approaching the scene from Broadway.
01:36
52, command.
01:39
Go ahead.
01:44
Go for safety two.
01:47
Yeah, safety two,
01:49
we're going to have to start working on probably evacuating the strip mall to the south here since the winds are blowing that smoke right in over there.
01:58
Copy, I got LPD shutting down lanes two and three on Broadway southbound. I'll go work on the strip mall to the south.
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Location mentioned:
Roxborough State Park, 4751 Roxborough Dr, Littleton, CO 80125
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