Controlled burn produces heavy smoke near highway, Silsbee TX
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Emergency units responded to heavy smoke from a controlled burn near the intersection of FM 1122 and Highway 418. The fire was confirmed under control and not a structural fire.
Audio|Heard on: Hardin County Public Safety
Listen to dispatch call
01:26
Transcript:
00:00
Schinds County check, is that the one right there by Free Ship Church?
00:04
They're on the corner of near 1122 and Highway 418.
00:07
If it is, that's a controlled burn.
00:10
104, I'll double check with them.
00:13
Thank you, ma'am.
00:19
I think 23 is working service one picture two.
00:27
Combination 6.3, Sylvie.
00:30
Go ahead.
00:33
Yes, ma'am.
00:34
Do you have traffic for us?
00:40
104. We'll go check it.
00:41
104. We'll go check it.
00:43
104.
00:50
603, 601. Go ahead.
00:57
I just came through there about five minutes ago.
00:59
It's going to be that controlled burn.
01:02
GM4?
01:03
Well, I didn't.
01:04
If you're good with that, then send everybody back.
01:11
It's got smoke all the way across the highway.
01:13
It caught me off guard, too.
01:16
Yeah, that fire's a bigger.
01:18
There's not much we could do with it.
01:24
Dispatch is clear and I'll advise the county.
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Location mentioned:
Hwy 418 W, Silsbee, TX 77656
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