Vehicle fire spreads to grass field causing wildfire, Morton County ND


A vehicle caught fire on County Road 140 and the fire spread into a large grass field. Fire departments requested extra units urgently to control the expanding wildfire.
Audio|Source: Mandan Rural Fire
03:31
Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, it'd be good, because the vehicle fire's gone, but now we've got a heck of a big stubble field going here and allowed a fire.
00:06
Okay. I will be on the way.
00:17
140, where is the access point?
00:24
A mile past that ambulance.
00:32
Copy.
00:44
Menden Rural Fire Department, Menden Rural Park Department, additional units are needed. Additional units are needed for a vehicle fire that's spread into a grass fire.
00:54
It's going to be on County Road 140 just west of Highway 25.
01:01
Acknowledge your second set of page with State ECCC at 305.
01:20
1411, 143, where would you like this?
01:29
Not get on the north side or the right flank over there, start getting to that head.
01:39
Confirm.
01:44
All right, that's on the north flank.
01:58
1411, 143. Go ahead, just hold the trigger.
02:00
Pull the trigger and there you go.
02:02
You've got to come over here in the grass side. Come over here on the left flank over here. We don't want to drive with a big truck in the grass fire here.
02:11
Ten, four, we're just getting the pump ready and rolling.
02:17
I stay in the black, it's slowing down, it hits grass here, but there's still out of fire.
02:22
We're going to jump over to the other side.
02:33
One four zero,
02:35
one four, five.
02:38
Go ahead, five.
02:42
Ten far I'm in, Monroe.
02:47
All right, 10-4.
02:56
One four zero one four or San Anthony base.
03:03
Go ahead, St. Anthony.
03:06
Do you want to rig from down here?
03:11
Yeah, 104, get a brush truck coming quick.
03:15
I'm here alone, but I'll be around shortly.
03:26
One-four-one is the fire base, would you like nine or another grass creek brought out?
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Co Rd 140, North Dakota
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