Fire started by homeless person under highway ditch, Wise County TX
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Fire & ArsonEmergency crews responded to a fire in a drainage ditch under Highway 287 northbound service road near South College in Wise County, Texas. The fire was started by a homeless person and was quickly controlled with no threat to people or property.
Audio|Heard on: Wise County Fire/EMS
Listen to dispatch call
01:24
Transcript:
00:00
This is what I'll see responding.
00:02
Can we get the address?
00:07
(number withheld),
00:09
South Highway 287 on the service road, northbound service road.
00:18
Okay.
00:19
Okay.
00:20
Are you. Thank you.
00:28
Yes, ma'am, do you have a crossroad north of town, south of town?
00:35
It's going to be south college.
00:37
It's going to be south of the Kathy Shell.
00:44
The race.
00:50
This is what's called all 15.
00:55
All right.
01:00
We've got PD out in the ditch doing fast attack.
01:02
We'll be on investigating.
01:04
This batchment squad 115.
01:08
Go ahead.
01:12
We've located the source of the smoke.
01:13
It's going to be in the drainage ditch underneath the highway.
01:17
We interrupted a homeless gentleman's fire.
01:21
It is under control.
01:23
We clear shortly.
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Location mentioned:
US-287, Texas
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