Gasoline fire sparks alarm at Seadrift neighborhood yard, Seadrift TX
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A neighbor poured gasoline and set fire to a yard in Seadrift, causing a small trash fire which was quickly contained by responders who advised contacting City Hall.
Audio|Heard on: Calhoun County Sheriff, Fire, and EMS
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04:58
Transcript:
00:00
We need units en route to the area of 1201 West Baltimore Avenue in Seadrift.
00:06
1201 West Baltimore Avenue in Seadrift.
00:09
R.P. stated that the neighbor behind her has lit their yard on fire.
00:16
Did advise that there are dogs tied up.
00:18
1201 West Baltimore Avenue.
00:25
Negative. My mom.
00:27
I need your units around.
00:32
68 dispatch clearing, en route.
00:34
Can you go ahead and tone out Cedar Fire?
00:41
24.
00:55
Need units en route to the area of 1201 West Baltimore Avenue.
01:04
RP stated that the neighbor behind them has lit her yard on fire.
01:08
There are dogs tied up.
01:09
Units en route to 1201 West Baltimore Avenue.
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Seadrift.
01:14
50, 31, 31, 71,
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76.
01:18
What do we got in Seadrift?
01:23
I have a report of a subject that dumped a bunch of gas in their yard and lit it on fire.
01:34
I'm going to go 10-8-1, head that way.
01:41
Good point.
01:46
You're 72 years, huh?
01:51
273, go ahead.
01:54
Yes ma'am, I'm over here in the area of the house.
01:57
The guy is burning a little trash in his backyard.
02:00
He's around here.
02:01
Got it contained.
02:04
I'll talk to the homeowner here.
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Stand for him.
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273.
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273.
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Go ahead.
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Yes. Thank you, Vip.
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I'll be there in a minute.
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104.
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2nd, 10224, Marker.
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1024. 273.
02:42
Dispatch engine one, music, 1022, 1022, card 273, all I'm seeing.
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Gotcha, Joe, 22.
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24, go ahead.
03:04
I'm going to be out with Victor Robert Zebra 5339, Victor Robert Zebra 5539, TNX-316 at the LaSalle Monument.
03:14
Okay. Okay.
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258-273. You need me to bring a truck.
03:24
All right, you can stand down.
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He's got a garden hose out here.
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The fire's almost out.
03:29
He was just burning a little pile of stuff he needed to get burned.
03:31
But I told him he needed to contact City Hall.
03:38
I'll be there in a second.
03:45
Dispatch to any Port O'Connor volunteers.
03:48
You can 1022, 1022 for 201, correction 1201 West Baltimore.
03:57
On dispatch,
04:00
700, 4th tires clear on 1022.
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1022.
04:10
They dispatch 268 on scene.
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104, 268 on scene.
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24, 268 on scene.
04:21
24, dispatch 108 warning.
04:28
308 promise me.
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104-2-508.
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2729 text deal.
04:40
202 go ahead.
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Text DL 0241 8279 repeating 0241 8279.
04:54
Fire is being extinguished right out to sun.
04:57
Therefore.
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Location mentioned:
W Baltimore Ave, Seadrift, TX 77983
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