Vehicle fire with firearm causes grassfire near Snowden Rd, White Salmon WA


A vehicle caught fire near Snowden Road. There was a firearm inside the vehicle, and rounds started to discharge due to the fire. The fire spread to nearby vegetation, causing a grassfire. Emergency units including fire and law enforcement responded to the scene.
Audio|Source: Klickitat County Law Enforcement, Fire, and EMS
07:39
Transcript:
00:00
There's also a firearm in the car.
00:01
It sounds like the rounds are starting to pop off.
00:06
Boy, five, I copy.
00:08
855.
00:12
Surely.
00:15
Engine 30, do I copy, 855?
00:26
Units responding to the Snowden Road area for the vehicle fire, long-person empty device, there is a firearm in the vehicle that appears rounds are starting to go off.
00:40
Engine 32 cops.
00:42
Can we have west tops?
00:45
Engine 32 of armed west off the reworking channel.
00:51
About three minutes.
00:58
Are you seat?
01:00
Okay,
01:03
count 400.
01:05
400 quest.
01:08
A mutual response for a specific resource.
01:17
Stand by.
01:21
16.05 from Firecom.
01:25
Yes. All right, Tom.
01:26
Can we have them get a breast truck or a tinder?
01:33
1605. Confirm, breast track and tender?
01:37
Breastruck are tender.
01:38
Or if they have their tactical tenders, it would be great.
01:43
Received. Break 400, Firecom, did you copy?
01:48
We will be sending a tactical tender.
01:53
Orrace 856.
01:54
17.
01:58
17.
02:01
1017. 1017.
02:14
1017.
02:22
And you are unreadable.
02:27
Do medics still need law enforcement response? Lott Crandall Road? Stay by.
02:37
Go on the mic two, fire come.
02:45
2. Go ahead.
02:48
Call the magnetic 2-2-2-2-2-2-2.
02:49
Still any Long enforcement for this call.
02:54
Okay.
03:02
Call Mention 33 is in Route 3 on board.
03:06
End 133 in Route 858.
03:13
At FIRECOM, on firecom, we do not need law enforcement.
03:19
We see, 858.
03:23
17-long.
03:25
Sam 17, I copy traffic.
03:30
Racy, Rayek San 25, did you also copy traffic?
03:34
All right, see if I copy all of you, Mr.
03:36
Nguyen.
03:39
A-502.
03:43
William 5 from Sam 17 all along.
03:48
Go ahead. Do you need county to respond?
04:02
Probably vehicles off the roadway.
04:04
Everyone's out of the vehicle, but it's going to need to be towed out of here.
04:13
Receip, I'll be row.
04:18
Dispash copy, traffic 859.
04:22
I'm responding to the other than one.
04:26
Inzone, 859.
04:29
Stop.
04:33
You're in jim 31.
04:35
Looking to Wastop.
04:37
950859.
04:42
And on 30th.
04:51
Engine 30 is coming.
04:53
Zero 900.
04:57
Com, brush 34 responding to (number withheld) Snowden.
05:00
Rush 34, responding to (number withheld) Snowden.
05:03
Rush 34, 900.
05:10
Tender 32.
05:13
Go ahead. Tendro 3rd with 1.
05:19
Tender 32,0900.
05:26
Tommy, 33. Tension 33.
05:30
Tension 33.
05:32
We advise DNR that this has turned into a grassfire now.
05:38
Awesome. We're on the phone of them right now.
05:39
9-01. All right.
05:45
All right, call him Diner.
05:52
Zinar, go ahead.
05:54
Yeah, we're copy traffic.
05:56
Just to clarify, you said (number withheld) Snowden Road.
06:03
A-firm, it's going to be (number withheld) and Northern Road near the White Summit Cemetery.
06:10
We don't have any research on the clock just yet.
06:13
I'm working on musterns folks.
06:16
But we'll be responding.
06:17
Thank you. TNR.
06:18
Okay.
06:20
NR, I copy.
06:22
902.
06:28
Indun 33 is in PARCOM.
06:31
Go ahead, fire column.
06:35
Are you on scene and able to give me a size up as far as for the spread of the vegetation?
06:41
We should be on scene in about two minutes.
06:46
A receipt. 902.
06:50
11 spot us.
07:02
March 33, status.
07:13
Turn to 32 is on scene.
07:16
Tender 32 on Pines, 9-04.
07:19
Pyrr, 904.
07:23
Fire county, it is 32.
07:25
It's 32. Go ahead.
07:30
I'll be command here.
07:33
Fire's knocked down this time.
07:35
We've got plenty of resources.
07:36
You can cancel the final response to this call.
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Location mentioned:
Near Snowden Rd, White Salmon, WA 98672
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