Vehicle fire on northbound ramp at MacArthur Road, Wichita KS


A white Kia Optima caught fire on the northbound ramp near MacArthur Road on I-235. Emergency responders arrived and the ramp was closed to manage traffic.
Audio|Source: Wichita and Sedgwick County Fire Resource / OPS-1
01:48
Transcript:
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Vehicle fire, I-235 and MacArthur, Station 19.
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Engine 19, 219, vehicle fire, I-235, MacArthur, MacArthur, I-235, Vehicle Fire, Engine 19, Squad19,
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Your map pages 544-4-4-3.
00:26
Checkerman down at (number withheld) West Douglas Avenue,
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Station 4. Engine 4, trek command down at Douglas (number withheld), West Douglas Avenue,
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(number withheld), West Douglas Avenue, Checking me down, engine for your map page is 5247.
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Engine 19, Squad 19, and route to the vehicle fire.
00:55
Looks like South I-235 ramp in east MacArthur Road.
00:58
Prior to the pang it looks like right off of MacArthur onto the ramp that's going northbound on 235.
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Looks like the vehicle engine is on fire.
01:07
It's going to be a white Kia Optima, not blocking the lanes of traffic.
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It's pulled off to the northbound, off to the side of the road on the northbound lanes.
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The smoke is getting bigger.
01:21
We do have a passenger car on fire.
01:24
We're going to be blocking the on-ramp onto 235 off the car there.
01:32
10-4[1] on that.
01:34
Do you have a car on fire and we'll be blocking that ramp? I'll get that updated.
01:42
Opposition 19.
01:43
We're in APD out here to control traffic.
01:47
104, I'll get them started.
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10-4: Acknowledgment of message received and understood; affirmative response.
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Location mentioned:
Near W MacArthur Rd i, Wichita, KS 67217
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