Illegal outdoor burn found attended with vehicles blocking laneway, Westport MA
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Fire & ArsonFire units responded to a report of a possible fire near Petty Heights, Westport. After searching nearby roads, they found an illegal outdoor burn attended by people. Heavy equipment and a pickup truck with a trailer were blocking the laneway leading to the fire.
Audio|Heard on: Fall River Police and Fire
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05:37
Transcript:
00:00
I have two units at the same time, go ahead, car one.
00:03
I want to walk down to the water, see if I can see what they're seeing from Petty Heights.
00:09
Receive 43, you can continue on ahead of us, we'll stay here by the split.
00:15
Receive. Receive.
00:22
Engine 4 from Engine 3.
00:26
Engine 4.
00:28
What's your location?
00:32
ADA at the rest area.
00:43
I do have a house over here that has one of those really yellowish Christmas lights for an exterior light, not sure if that's what they're seeing or not.
00:51
I'm going to continue down further off.
01:02
Command.
01:04
This is an activated detective for cooking mistap.
01:07
We're going to try to vent out the apartment a little bit and not show up it will reset just yet.
01:13
Receive card to file them.
01:16
File, I'm on.
01:19
Hold the Flint, please.
01:21
Receive card two holding the Flint.
01:23
All of the Reparites in service 2118.
01:28
Receive. Receive.
01:34
Not one from industry.
01:39
Raise him. One to two,
01:46
thank you, sir.
01:50
No problem.
02:00
Any chance you can call one of the calling parties back and see if they still see any type of flame that could be a different laneway.
02:07
I get nothing showing on 34 sides.
02:11
Free feet, standby.
02:15
Engine 3rd4.
02:16
Engine 3 from engine 4.
02:20
Engine 3. Engine 3.
02:22
Engine 3.
02:29
Do you want us to head from Drift Road coming south to your location, see if we see anything?
02:45
Yeah, why you come, yeah,
02:48
come from that way, please.
02:50
File on the car too.
02:54
Fire on the car too.
02:57
I have a caller on the line who's visualizing it right now.
03:01
He states elevation-wise the fire is much higher than where the trucks are right now, but it's a very large blaze that should be visible.
03:18
Canyon 3, I'm heading up the lane.
03:19
I'm going to go check two tell away where the solar field is up in that area.
03:24
I did come from drift north on the way home.
03:28
I didn't see anything.
03:32
Receive, we've doubled back.
03:33
We're at the fork here for Crosby and Aberdeen right now, thinking of maybe heading over to Clyde's Way.
03:44
Receive, it's here.
03:47
Elevation-wise, yeah, I mean check Clyde's Way, but elevation-wise, it would make me think it's on the opposite side of drift.
03:55
Receive.
03:57
Soule's Way,
03:58
be another option.
04:04
Receive, we'll head over to Souls.
04:12
3 from 43.
04:15
Engine 3.
04:19
Walked down to the water, didn't see anything,
04:22
other than this Christmas light to spray over here on the house,
04:26
that could possibly be the culprit, not sure of the...
04:30
Nope, I think I got it.
04:33
I think I got it up to a tow away.
04:34
I got a large glow.
04:36
Looks like fire.
04:38
Engine 3, Engine 4.
04:40
I got it up on 2-tailway.
04:42
Looks like it's going to be an outside fire.
04:45
I'm making my way up now.
05:13
I got eyes on the fire.
05:14
It's not a building.
05:16
I'm just trying to figure out how to get over there.
05:24
Off in the area.
05:25
It's an illegal burn.
05:26
I'm just trying to figure out how to get to it.
05:28
It's attended.
05:29
There's people over there. I can have some heavy equipment.
05:34
Laneway is blocked by a pickup truck with a trailer.
05:36
I'm just going to figure how I can get over there by foot.
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Location mentioned:
Drift Rd, Westport, MA 02790
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