Grass fire escalates to house fire near South Handley Street, Wichita KS
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Fire & ArsonA grass fire near South Handley Street grew larger and spread toward a house, resulting in a house fire. Multiple fire units responded to the scene to control the blaze.
Audio|Heard on: Wichita and Sedgwick County Fire Resource / OPS-1
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02:43
Transcript:
00:00
StarCrow, Level 1[1], Grass fire, near South Handley, Station 19.
00:09
Squad 19 for Level 1[1], Grass fire near South Handley.
00:15
Level 1[1], Grass fire, Squad 19, Map page 5443.
00:24
Squad 19 for your Level 1[1], grass fire near South Handley St.
00:30
Looks like the grass is on fire.
00:33
The wife heard a pop and the grass caught fire in the backyard.
00:42
Feverage have locked in a vehicle to 6 West Greenwood Boulevard in Derby.
00:46
Derby Fire.
00:52
W11, start for child locked in a vehicle, 206 West Greenway.
00:57
Child locked in a vehicle, W11, map page 58-38.
01:08
Turn 4.
01:14
Engine 19, Squad 19, it looks like there's a huge pile of wood that the fire is going towards.
01:22
There's no lines down.
01:26
Looks like it's spreading to another yard and it might be getting close to a house.
01:38
Ops, you can show SWAT1 taking that lockout for Engine 82.
01:42
Usually I'm available.
01:45
10.4. Start for a house fire near South Hanley Street.
01:55
Station 34, Station 1, Station 2, Station 4, Station 12, Station 19, Station 22.
02:07
Battalion 1, Battalion 34, 12, engine 19, 2, Mobile Air 1, Rescue 1, Squad 19, Truck 2, Truck 7, Operating Tech 1 on arrival for a house fire near South Hanley Street.
02:22
Battalion 1, Battalion 34, engine 12, engine 19, engine 2, mobile air 1, rescue 1, squad 19, truck 2, truck 7, operating tech 1 on arrival.
02:31
Your map page is 5443.
02:37
Resource to mention 22.
02:39
Show us en route to that house fire, replacing Engine 34, please.
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Level 1: Initial/staging level for incident operations
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Location mentioned:
S Handley St, Wichita, KS 67217
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