Smoke and glow reported near hatchery and pleasure park, Paonia CO


Firefighters responded to reports of smoke and a glow near the hatchery and Pleasure Park in Paonia, CO. The exact cause was unclear, with the possibility of a controlled burn or fire. Fire units searched the area, including by drone, and took precautions while investigating.
Audio|Source: Delta and Northern Gunnison Counties Public Safety
06:58
Transcript:
00:00
Hey,
00:01
I'm going to head that way, but you're quite a bit closer. Would you mind heading up there and see if you can get eyes on it before I can?
00:09
We can figure out where it's come from.
00:12
Yeah, they're sitting inside the hatchery, is that where?
00:18
20-20.
00:22
Possible locations west of the hatchery is what I believe is in.
00:30
I'll head out that way and see.
00:32
I got a drone too so we can find it from the air.
00:38
Thank you.
00:40
When are you gonna find that to me?
00:47
F11, copy 2020?
00:53
We got four. They're up.
01:00
Hey,
01:02
Josh's firefighters that have made it back to town.
01:05
Get on the radio with me, please.
01:11
Hey Doug, it's Nikki.
01:13
I'm headed to the station.
01:16
Okay, we've got engine 3 there, but if you're coming down off Rodgers Mesa, could you swing by along the way, get down on J-Road and see what you see?
01:29
Copy thank you.
01:30
PD4?
01:32
54.
01:34
54, thank you.
01:39
You're welcome, PB7.
01:41
All right, thank you.
01:43
Um,
01:45
22.
01:47
You wrote?
01:51
Copy still on theme, 2022.
01:57
The hatchery or the pleasure park, which aren't all that close to each other, so it might be a hunt.
02:07
Okay, thank you.
02:15
I was just a report of smoke. Nobody's actually called it in, so it could be something you have in a bonfire or something like that. So everybody's just going to keep it safe coming back to town, please.
02:26
I actually see a glow.
02:28
It's south of 92.
02:31
Looks like west of 3100 Road.
02:38
Okay.
02:45
Engine 4, engine 7,
02:48
engine 14. I want everybody to be careful coming back into town, please.
02:58
Fire one engine seven.
03:01
Fire two, eight and seven.
03:05
Fire two, eight and seven, off you said FD, 800.
03:14
TMA, 837, I heard you at a call when I was now you can send a post.
03:20
Yeah, a little broken.
03:22
We just got down into service and now it's inactive for a fire in your pleasure park.
03:30
Clear hand.
03:33
2026.
03:46
You call his Dutch when you get a chance.
03:49
2026.
03:57
Kaden, Nicky.
04:04
Hey, Nicky, go there with your traffic.
04:06
Radio is still pretty spotty in here. Just say what you got.
04:11
Yeah,
04:12
I heard, I thought it was in Gen 7 asking about what the page was near Pleasure Park. He saw the active.
04:20
And I was going to say, I'm looking for it. I'm not having much luck at this point. I saw a glow from Highway 92, but now I'm on J Road and I don't see anything.
04:35
Sanford County 2027.
04:40
Sometimes those people down there in the bottom are burning by pleasure, you know,
04:45
by the junction of the North Fork and the Lake Fork.
04:58
Okay, I'm on Hattree Road,
05:02
I'll get you a Patrick, turn in second.
05:05
It's just north-west of near 8171.
05:14
Somewhere between Lazier and Pleasure Park.
05:20
Yeah, we copy.
05:22
Oskis-Speedy's actually got eyes on it. We're just going to go ahead and step it up and we'll take in that call.
05:32
Okay, who's got eyes on it?
05:35
I believe it's Oskiske's Tito. He's down in Missouri.
05:44
Toshka Sioux had eyes on it just north of near 8171 hatchery road.
05:52
Copy 8171-1 hatchery.
05:54
You can still ask you to 7 in the down.
05:58
2028.
06:04
And Nikki, if you got the numerics on that, just go ahead and go by and visit and see if it's a controlled burn or not.
06:16
Copy, I got the address and I'm headed that way, five minutes out.
06:39
Do you want us to step up on our way back or just continue as is? Yeah, just take it easy until we figure out it could be a controlled burn. So just see what we got before we run through deer interference here in the traffic that's on the road.
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Location mentioned:
Paonia, CO 81428
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