Brush fire false alarm near dense homeless camp, Morganton NC
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Fire & ArsonFirefighters responded to a reported fire behind Denny's near Burkemont Avenue in Morganton. The fire was initially thought to involve a structure near a homeless camp, but after investigation, it was found to be a false alarm. There was smoke seen possibly coming from a burning area toward Perkinsville or Salem.
Audio|Heard on: Burke County Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
Station 1, Station 3, the area of near Burkemont Avenue, Denny's, fresh fire.
00:05
Caller reports fire at homeless camp.
00:11
Station 1, station 3, the area of near Burkemont Avenue, Denny's, fresh fire, timeout.
00:17
1523, utilized to have to the corner rival.
00:23
States, the male had a gray coat,
00:26
ball cap, and black pants.
00:32
I've got a subject outside here by 2778.
00:35
I'll be checking with him.
00:36
4.
00:41
4. 5 is in rep.
00:44
12 by 5.5. 12 of 5.
00:47
Cluel.
00:50
Cluelan.
00:51
Quillan. Quillan.
00:54
The Forest area attention plate.
00:57
10. 10.4.
01:04
Engine 4, just be advised, they may be a cap side, not the back side of Denny's, Charlie side of Denny's between roll queen.
01:15
For engine force, one leading the back side of Denny's just six.
01:23
All right, service one's around.
01:27
Service one arriving.
01:32
By the way, it was a mannequin that he was stopping to talk to?
01:40
Was he able to get any message from?
01:44
They weren't saying much.
01:50
Well, we could tell her that she really likes Christmas.
01:57
Yeah, 345 doesn't be doing it.
02:01
524
02:06
39
02:10
1244 Burkemont Avenue The fast-paced urgent care for in psychiatric
02:15
nurse on scene of vives 37-year-old female just want to harm ourselves They're requesting urgent traffic just being aggressive
02:26
2441 back out that's right now
02:31
Service One, Burke, let's cut her by back routine traffic.
02:36
The brush fire.
02:42
12-19, Burke, 1 Avenue, cutback routine for service one on Z.
02:47
1214, 205, everything's okay, everyone in response to that disturbance.
02:53
Okay. I am in traffic here at the plaza.
02:55
I'm in route, Mark.
02:57
Okay.
03:00
1239, 1214, can you advise forward to request and merge your traffic?
03:08
41.
03:13
More 55 U.S.
03:15
74.
03:24
Camel. 248, you want to check behind Roald Kane.
03:31
104, I'm on wheels for now.
03:34
104. 1237, you want to check behind Roaldane.
03:41
Hello.
03:46
4-5, you can come back or seen.
03:52
Just part 23 there.
03:59
104. 2812.
04:02
28 1214.
04:06
Go ahead.
04:08
Has anything on Wilson or Walker Road?
04:13
104, fire commanding.
04:19
I believe we're going to be unfounded.
04:27
Back of rural Kings can four as well.
04:34
Service One, Merck, unless you have any additional callers on this, we're going to clear.
04:38
All against the Oval, Angel 4 report.
04:47
Point one service form.
04:52
Go ahead, sir.
04:54
From back here on the hill, it looks like the smoke's out of the county.
05:02
Yeah, there's definitely something burning back over towards Perkinsville, Salem area.
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Location mentioned:
Burkemont Ave, Morganton, NC 28655
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