Grass fire near training center in Benton, Louisiana, Benton LA
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Fire & ArsonA fast-moving grass fire occurred behind the training center near the pond and practice track in Benton, Louisiana. Multiple fire units coordinated efforts to contain and suppress the fire, using tankers and engines. The fire was monitored for threats to nearby structures.
Audio|Heard on: Benton Fire District #4
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04:29
Transcript:
00:00
Everyone is going to be on the scene.
00:01
It's going to be right here.
00:03
It's behind the training center right here in the middle part of the practice track.
00:08
We got a pond located in the middle, so we got a pretty fast moving grass fire in the middle.
00:13
Luckily the outer part of the track got dirt.
00:15
So at this time, it was going to be staging right here at a high print on Rubicon.
00:23
Grass one, when you get here, stand by, we might move you in and go around the track.
00:27
All right. And you want to get from that.
00:33
Speaker 1, say right there where you're at, right there.
00:36
Intersection of Wilson, Luke, and Rupon.
00:39
Okay,
00:43
what I'm saying?
00:44
Page 1, you still leave Agent 3 and 3rd, 2nd 3?
00:52
I'll keep rolling his way just because of this wind.
00:55
Uh,
00:56
right now, luckily the outer floor, the brimmer, those crass tracks are the dirt, and kind of mud.
01:02
You should have the 32 little barriers right now with drag.
01:05
It's just on the inside the end of the field of the track.
01:08
So I'm trying to get a better look, make sure we don't have stuff in this, like a structure or anything that's in dire danger.
01:19
104, I'm turning on a group of cars.
01:21
There's instructions on that back side.
01:23
I can we get it knocked down?
01:29
104. 104. We can take service taker 2.
01:36
We can take service taker 2, but the stack is all ahead from the blacktop which you do.
01:42
I got the other, I got an engine one putt to the right here, there's a hydrant directly beside engine one.
01:48
Over here, I got flackle on the other side on the other side.
01:52
It's kind of come in together, and if it'll tie down at its side, I'll hit with stick up.
01:58
That's all good.
02:00
Engine three, I'm saying, waiting for Simon.
02:07
Danger three, car two.
02:11
Do you?
02:13
You got a silent for us?
02:18
Archery rig right there, y'all follow me in.
02:21
We'll use manpower.
02:22
If you want, we've got a club with them.
02:24
The way the wind's long, we should deal us.
02:26
Rocking down here on this door then.
02:29
I have it.
02:35
Okay,
02:36
Angie one.
02:40
Go ahead.
02:42
Get them out of that grass down.
02:49
Pull them people back.
02:51
We need to put a service taker over here or something with a deck gun.
02:55
R2, the service tanker 3.
03:00
Go ahead.
03:04
Hey, when you get here pulled up in front of Tanger 1, we're going to put stack tips on top of your truck and hit it from back here on the black side.
03:14
Copy that.
03:20
Service Tanker pull it right in front of Tinker 1.
03:27
R2 is command.
03:36
R2, RISC 2.
03:45
Engine 1, engine 1, come in.
03:49
Your head is hang in.
03:50
Your head is hanged a lot.
03:53
Hey, this one is to the south.
03:56
They're getting bigger.
03:57
It's not getting faster, it's just getting bigger.
04:01
Yeah, for is it moving through the south?
04:05
Uh, it's,
04:07
yeah, it's supposed to move in south, all the north end of the north end part.
04:10
We could pull one of the trucks back as we were down here.
04:17
Check, Lord, I can free up each one and not connect with nothing.
04:21
Come down to slide road over here.
04:25
Okay, boy, I'm walking down the track about now.
04:28
Yeah, well, I'm going to get on the track about now.
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Benton, LA 71006
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