Smoke investigation near Speedway and Interstate 10, Tucson AZ
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, fire units responded to a reported smoke near Speedway Boulevard and Interstate 10 in Tucson. They searched tunnels using a drone but found no active flames. No units entered the tunnels due to safety concerns. The smoke appeared to be concentrated under the northwest corner of Speedway and the freeway. The fire is not expected to spread further.
Audio|Heard on: Tucson Police West Division
Listen to dispatch call
02:22
Transcript:
00:00
I'm 23 at Speedway and I-10.
00:03
I'm on the west side, I'm going to look at the tunnels, looking east, and see if I can see anything.
00:12
Out of six, I'll do the same thing.
00:19
U-47?
00:21
2 U4. T.C.
00:24
23, they're looking as well.
00:25
They said that this is actually more common than we
00:28
realize,
00:30
and the fire could go as far back at St.
00:33
Mary's. If they don't find anything, they're going to clear without entering tunnels.
00:38
So no units are to enter any tunnels.
00:41
Let me get a unit to the southeast of Speedway and the freeway.
00:49
The last time they set a large fire over there that spread, but then it all eventually goes out because there's not much under there to burn.
01:02
I get a unit to the south-east of speedway freeway.
01:05
2.067, I'll be more.
01:08
7.4.
01:10
24.
01:13
4. 4.
01:16
DFC isn't that concerned.
01:18
If units still find anything really obvious,
01:20
being clear at their leisure, we are still going to throw the drone enough, though,
01:24
to look for any major sources of this fire.
01:34
Anita is clear.
01:44
and two six from uh we can see all the way to the west side of the tunnel and there's no fire there
01:52
zero six four east side same traffic
01:59
copy thank you then it's probably pretty concentrated here under speedway and a freeway on the northwest corner
02:07
This ship, four-fif.
02:12
Send it.
02:15
Never.
02:20
...ding drone, unit monitoring for team three, reference the last round.
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Location mentioned:
E Speedway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85705
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