Grass fire extinguished near highway with spot fires reported, Brady TX
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A grass fire was reported and put out near Long Cutoff by Highway 283 in Texas. Later, additional small fires were seen along the highway toward the river. Some fires have spread over a fence onto private property.
Audio|Heard on: Lohn Fire
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02:32
Transcript:
00:00
On 283, we got too far to plead out.
00:07
Try again, I couldn't understand you.
00:12
We got this fire put out right here between Long Cutoff with the small grass bar we put it out already.
00:24
104, y'all gone north anyways?
00:29
No sir, 104, we're heading to Brady and we've seen a small grass bar on the side of the highway we put it out.
00:37
They may be all the way to the river.
00:42
Time for the sheriff's talks with us right now.
00:46
We got it spit out.
01:01
Hello, 30, Truck 1.
01:06
Truck 1?
01:08
I just heard from Coleman County, they've got all their fires pretty much contained, but they said there are spot fires across the river, so they're going to be probably all the way from where this one is all the way to the river.
01:24
We're still about, I guess, three miles from 765.
01:29
I haven't seen anything yet.
01:37
As though, any responding unit, this received another 911 call.
01:41
I have a caller on 283 just north of FM 765, advising that the fire has dumped over the fence on the property.
01:54
Truck one, repeat.
02:01
Truck one, the loan three.
02:09
Truck one, the loan three.
02:11
Truck one, the brush two.
02:22
Go for brush two.
02:25
Okay, we spotted a large column of smoke.
02:28
It looks like it's probably one to two miles past from 765.
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Location mentioned:
US-283 & FM765, Texas 76852
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