Highway 169 closed due to roadside fire near Virginia, Virginia MN


Fire crews are extinguishing a roadside fire along Highway 169 near Virginia, Minnesota. Both northbound and southbound lanes are closed while crews clear debris and mop up smoldering piles in the ditch.
Audio|Source: North St. Louis County Sheriff, Fire and Roads
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Transcript:
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Stamos, Morris Fire Highway 169 Command.
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Go ahead, command.
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We've got most of the active fire knockdown.
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We've got St.
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Louis County out here clearing everything off into the ditch, and we'll be mopping up all the smoldering piles in the ditch for a while.
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10-4[1], most of the active player knockdown, working on the smoldering piles in the ditch, St.
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Louis County on St.144.
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1444.
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4-0.9 and 401 at crease.
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Go ahead.
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Yeah,
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our lower water is going to be headed this way soon.
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Yeah, pretty quick here.
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Okay, stand for.
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We got everything off the trailer in the Gits, so we're going to be doing some pretty good mop-up here.
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So if you want to load your truck off the water and then start heading this way to, we could use that for doing some mop-up.
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Copy that.
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3102, on the main.
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SB 224 Virginia, just advising that both north and southbound 169 lanes are closed.
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Copy. Close in both directions, 13466.
Police codes explained
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10-4: Acknowledgement (OK / Message received)
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US-169, Virginia, MN
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