Controlled burn of debris near mini-mart in Whitley City, Whitley City KY
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Fire & ArsonFire crews responded to reports of heavy smoke near Becky's Mini-Mart in Whitley City, Kentucky. They confirmed the smoke was from a controlled debris burn related to cleanup of an old house nearby.
Audio|Heard on: Whitely Fire
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02:28
Transcript:
00:00
I have a report of heavy smoke.
00:10
It's going to be in the area of Becky's mini-mart radioed in by a truck 24 of my north from North Aquari.
00:18
My sense of the heavy smoke was coming from behind Becky's.
00:21
Couldn't give an exact location.
00:23
This much clear of (number withheld).
00:28
That's all around checking.
00:30
On Bill Slavin Road, looks like maybe a controlled burn.
00:38
518 dispatch, they've been cleaning up that old burnt house up there on Bill Slavin Road.
00:43
That's the most likely what it's going to be.
00:48
(number withheld).
00:56
Allo 5 is 10X, signal forward.
01:02
Ready to pull in, 97, I'll let you know what we got on.
01:10
I'm headed 2W8.
01:14
You know, it's just a pile of debris they're burning from cleaning up that old house.
01:27
So...
01:28
This can be a controlled burn.
01:30
They've tore down these old houses up here that burn.
01:33
And around 6 o'clock, 1,800, he's going to light another pile on fire.
01:37
So if you get any calls from that, he said he advised him this morning that he was going to burn it.
01:47
Ten, four, sixteen, twenty-nine.
01:51
Open, signal it everybody.
01:53
Yeah, yeah, signal it everybody.
01:55
And at 1800, when he lights this other pile, if you get any calls on it, it'll be the same thing.
02:02
Okay,
02:05
call be 1629.
02:17
In the Whitley City area, you can signal a per 123, feeding you can signal a per top 23, provide that it is just a controlled burn,
02:27
especially as a 16 voting.
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Location mentioned:
N US-27, Whitley City, KY 42653
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