Wildfire spreads across swamp near Fire Towers Road, Walstonburg NC
WildfireA wildfire has spread across the swamp near Fire Towers Road in Greene County, North Carolina. Additional resources including a dozer, helicopter, and Forest Service personnel have been requested. Multiple fire departments are working to contain the fire.
Audio|Source: Greene County Fire/EMS
02:11
Transcript:
00:00
Brush one, it's not a yield.
00:02
If you want to hold up there when you get to the corner, I may come back here, this spot that's on the swamp side and put it in once we get the dozer established footing line in.
00:15
He has one from 540.
00:19
Enjoy it.
00:24
I want to make you away to give you an update.
00:26
This is now a multi-seen incident. We do have fired it across the swamp.
00:31
I've already ordered additional resources from the Forest Service. It should be an additional tozer, helicopter, and personnel.
00:38
I sent Walsberg and you may have already seen him. They're going to go ahead and scout what's going on with that.
00:44
But with what we have here, we're going to be committed doing what we need to do. We may need to go ahead and dispatch an additional department just to stage with them just in case.
00:51
Copy. Command, Communications. Go ahead, dispatch, Hookerton, for brush-drug personal, please.
01:03
Command, Walsenburg, Bruce.
01:06
Okay.
01:14
Go ahead.
01:17
Hockerton Fire Department, Hoverton Fire Department 540 requesting.
01:23
(Name withheld) is standing here. He just said he left the gate unlocked. You can get back there to where the fire locations are on that side.
01:32
Grab it up.
01:35
In the area near Fire Towers Road, in the area near Fire Towers Road,
01:42
Rush truck percent of him.
01:45
Looking at Car 2 is respond.
01:47
Temple Hood and Car 2 opts 4 for operations.
01:55
Say you're Bush, when you may just need to sit mass and watch them in it because I'm getting ready to light a bunch of stuff off trying to stop this.
02:06
Communication should help in this while I respond.
02:10
Table.
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Location mentioned:
Near Fire Tower Rd, Walstonburg, NC 27888
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