Machine shed fire near Highway 27 in Sparta, Sparta WI
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Fire & ArsonA machine shed about 80 by 40 feet was fully engulfed in fire near Highway 27 in Sparta, Wisconsin. One nearby building was exposed but not in danger. Fire crews coordinated tenders and directed traffic to manage the scene.
Audio|Heard on: Monroe County Public Safety
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03:56
Transcript:
00:00
I'm going to be on location.
00:06
104, 1147.
00:12
If all you know, kind of phoene golf structure, um,
00:18
to be making contact here with the property owner.
00:30
Machine shed on fire approximately 80 by 40, fully engulfed.
00:36
No exposures close.
00:40
Engine one,
00:42
when you roll in the driveway, there's plenty of room for you here and the driveway is plowed.
01:00
Is this going to be a bullshed detached?
01:07
Apparently you didn't copy.
01:09
Yes, it's a machine shed, approximately 80 by 40, fully engulfed.
01:14
There is one exposure, but it's not in danger at this time.
01:19
The house is quite a distance away from the machine shed.
01:24
Do we know what tenders we have in route?
01:34
One copy.
01:40
Station 3 to District Chiefs.
01:44
Go ahead.
01:47
You've got two here, and one in three.
01:52
I can't copy Station 3, but if you get the tender going right away, please.
01:58
Ten,
02:01
four, station three, bring him a tenderer.
02:09
Chief Monroe, I would take a tender from Fort McCoy.
02:19
We have an officer that could come up this way.
02:21
We're having a lot of traffic issues on the highway here.
02:24
People are stopping and looking.
02:26
We need to keep traffic moving here for our tenders.
02:28
If you could maybe send a car up this way to help with traffic.
02:41
I'm just heading north on 27.
02:44
I can head up to that fire.
02:45
Provide traffic direction for fire here.
02:48
I'm not sure what your 20 is.
02:52
I'm 71 and XU so I'm a ways out and still going to angle that way.
03:00
I'm forward. I'll add up there and assist for a little bit.
03:06
Tenders from Sparta and we will not have enough room for the platform.
03:13
Ten-four, we got both tenders leaving on here in a minute.
03:19
Ten-four, we'll set up the fill site right on the north end of Sparta, right there at Austin and Black River.
03:26
Austin and Black River would be the fill site.
03:31
Ten-four.
03:36
Sparta, tender one, one row.
03:45
Sparta, tender two are out.
03:49
Let's see one.
03:52
Sparta, tender one in route.
03:55
Let's see one.
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WI-27, Sparta, WI
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