Brush fire spreads near Weaver Dairy Road in Bessemer City, Bessemer City NC
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Fire & ArsonA brush fire near 300 Weaver Dairy Road in Bessemer City has spread into vegetation and woods over approximately four acres. Multiple firefighting units are responding with brush trucks and tankers to establish water supply and contain the fire. Firefighters are coordinating to stretch lines along the woods and manage the fire's spread into heavy vegetation areas.
Audio|Heard on: Gaston County Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
Prytoner District 70-675, rush fire near Weaver Dairy Road at Sunnyside/Shady Rest.
00:06
Unit command requesting a tanker in a restroom.
00:10
Two-four, Bakerton, I'll see Pursa.
00:17
Two-four.
00:26
Well, you got 307 respond also.
00:30
And traffic.
00:37
The 242.
00:43
Pimble.
00:50
Senator Brush 637 response.
00:53
6277.
00:55
6277, do you have a size up on this fire?
01:05
Approximately 4 acres burning in some heavy vegetation.
01:09
Walking back to see how deep the fire is in the woods.
01:12
Mostly a broom straw grass field.
01:18
Those are on it.
01:20
About a hundred yards back in heavy vegetation.
01:23
Keep away from us.
01:26
Copy that, making some calls.
01:33
Brush 627-inch 62ndage 622.
01:37
Got.
01:39
Action discard.
01:40
Fire near Major Crawley Street and Weaver Dairy.
01:44
Major cross street is Shady Rest.
01:50
Got.
01:57
Tell them all the way down here towards the end, the woods stretch along.
02:03
We need to stretch one on the top side as well.
02:08
Fire is moving toward an old cutover back here.
02:14
About a hundred yards into the woods.
02:19
707 is making a way back up there.
02:21
If they fill up, send them up there.
02:25
I'm good here.
02:26
It's pushing toward you anyway.
02:30
Copy that.
02:32
Fixing the break. The reeds are right here on us.
02:36
Agent 62, come out.
02:39
Go ahead, 62.
02:42
I'm about three minutes outside of the sock.
02:46
Ten force, Indian manpower on the north side of the fire.
02:50
Keep 620 out there on the road.
02:53
We have good work ahead of us on the top side.
02:58
Received.
03:03
627, come all the way back to the north end of the fire.
03:07
Come back to the park corner.
03:14
Cc2-2-70 Japan.
03:17
Go A-2.
03:19
Do you need a UTV?
03:22
Yes, bring it, we'll use it.
03:25
It's a wreck.
03:29
Seventy-200-7,003.
03:33
Go ahead.
03:35
Do you need a brush truck from us?
03:39
Yes,
03:40
bring us a brush truck until we can get ahead of this thing.
03:42
It's going down in the woods and may get away from us shortly.
03:48
Copy. Fire center, you direct on that draft.
03:52
104, I'll submit to Brush 747.
03:57
Copy. We're responding.
04:02
Direct.
04:04
Direct.
04:13
District 70.
04:15
Brush 7.27.
04:17
Brush fire.
04:18
At 300 Weaver Dairy Road.
04:21
Cross streets are Weaver Glen Place and Sunnyside Shady Rest Road.
04:25
On Alpha.
04:28
I'm arriving.
04:29
We're open.
04:31
Pull in the driveway, dropping two and a half off your truck, one for the road and one for refill.
04:36
We'll just use you as a vocal drop.
04:41
Alright.
04:46
7.3.
04:48
I'm arriving.
04:49
Laying a two and a half at the roadway for water supply.
04:57
You need to refill?
05:03
No problem.
05:04
That sounds good.
05:11
Thank you, Tim.
05:15
No problem.
05:16
On ramp at 17 in Northchester Street, northbound.
05:19
There's a male laying off the roadway near the drainage site on the ramp.
05:29
104.
05:33
I'm 11. Both units 23.
05:37
4.
05:39
One bigger 40, I am 10.8.
05:44
Bigger 40, 5.4.
05:49
25 away drive.
05:54
Twenty-five six-grade.
05:56
Ten-four.
06:02
Parasarian to respond.
06:07
Okay.
06:12
Four... so from Udiv.
06:14
62 is an error.
06:15
U.S. Ud.S. 602.
06:17
Ten, four.
06:22
Most of this will be it down here for bother.
06:26
Leaf blower is in use up top right now.
06:30
I'll get you something down there as soon as I can.
06:35
We'll get the next brush up.
06:38
I got one that's raining on here.
06:45
703, man.
06:47
Go ahead.
06:49
Engine 62 staging at the top of the road.
06:52
Establishing water supply.
06:55
Laying a two and a half off the driveway.
06:58
Once hooked up, will commit 10-03 to the rear structure.
07:06
Copy that.
07:07
Leave room for extra brush trucks to get in and around.
07:12
Tempull.
07:17
Let me know I'll get this morning.
07:24
146.
07:25
146 check one.
07:32
Come down Old Meals, Sunnyside, Shady Rest, turn right on Sunnyside Shady Rest.
07:36
Come out about a mile, you'll see us.
07:40
Be on Weaver Dairy.
07:43
Copy. Be there shortly.
07:48
Once you arrive, come all way down the driveway on north flank of the fire.
07:52
Stretch a forestry line.
07:54
Ten more.
08:02
Fire center, F2.
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Weaver Dairy Rd, Bessemer City, NC 28016
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