Brush fire contained near power lines on Blackwells Hollow Road, Albemarle County VA
Fire & ArsonA brush fire started near power lines on Blackwells Hollow Road in Virginia. Firefighters from local and nearby departments responded. The fire was located in the woods behind a residence near the road. The fire was contained along the power lines with mutual aid from neighboring crews and did not spread beyond the containment line.
Audio|Source: Albemarle County Fire and Rescue
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Transcript:
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Like you said, you got me on three?
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I got you on three.
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I'm on a blower.
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Just inside this power line, past 75.
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Touched in with the other guy from Buckingham.
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This has got a booster line just entered the woods right there at 75.
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All right, has it jumped past this power lines?
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How here?
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All right, can you confirm that it has made it or has not made it past the power line? We're getting conflicting reports that it may have jumped and is already down the road.
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I can't see that it has.
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I'm about...
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3540 yards inside the wood line to the right of 75 where we're at.
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So hasn't I jumped it here? All right.
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Bill one's chief.
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I'm going to go down here and check this address.
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They've got a call from a house near Blackwells Hollow Road and it's right behind their house.
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So I'm reaching to go in there.
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Okay.
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The guy down here over the fire line with me if I'm going to hack, jump the power line that he knows of.
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I'm direct.
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He wants me to check.
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Wallace wants me to check.
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79.
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The address is 306 at cell at the church.
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It stays there if I'm not back.
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Seventy-nine, Drew.
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I'm heading in Blackwells Hollow Road.
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ETCC, C-Sindon will be out investigating a report of a fire behind the house near Blackwells Hollow Road.
01:51
Ducson, one, was there anybody else there?
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Mention charts were here left.
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Just wallum.
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Medcombeck 403 is clear.
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Okay, do you have a lot of heart of beer, please?
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I do not. Okay, if somebody's helpful to post,
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want somebody to get here.
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4038.
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No, get down to your left, and get that far out to your left.
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Check on 76, and you're turning back to the ridge.
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6409.
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No,
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no, please, back over there, you got to get.
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71-2-7.
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Go ahead. I'm at the location near Blackwells Hollow Road where it was reported behind the house in the trees.
02:58
There is nothing here.
02:59
I think you've got to stop at your spot.
03:02
I am back on a logging road just to see if I can make sure that I can see up the power line, but at this point it is not crowning trees as was reported.
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I'm direct.
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I've got a line all the way around this side of the power line tied in with the Buckingham guy.
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I'm opening back towards rush truck.
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T-72, T71. You're coming back to the church.
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Yeah, I'm back on a power line right now, about probably a mile in the woods.
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And then I'm heading back there as soon as I get turned around.
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I'm going to have the right.
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I'm like you see how I'm going to get your truck truck.
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I'm going here for the other line.
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The same thing.
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I'm getting turned around now.
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It's a single-line path down to us.
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Okay.
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When you get to the church, prepare the field 755.
04:02
Sounds like you've got a brush truck from Toga that's coming to your spot right now.
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Okay, I'm going right now.
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I'm talking about for man-powered, so you should have some manpower with you here, so they're getting ready to come in.
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Okay.
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75, C-70.
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Hello.
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Hi.
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We've got a lot of player here.
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You want to be putting them over this other line? You're working these hot spots for help cow or send you in there with you to start them all.
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Work those hot spots.
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I'm coming back to you now.
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The line's old.
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Two-second left, qualify there, fish up, fish.
04:49
We went in from the barcross and left to left.
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Five-party glides and no one in from the bark truck, going right.
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Two-seven and two seven.
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Two-seven one.
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Okay, so that house that we were out of pilot,
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I tied in with a ham blower behind that house.
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And I've got a line from our brush truck all the way to there.
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He's reinforcing back to the house.
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As soon as the smoke lets up a little bit, I'm going to work my way back towards our brush truck reinforcing that line that I put in initially.
05:32
And it's holding.
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I'm just cleared the area near Blackwells Hollow Road.
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I'm back out of the church and 79's behind me.
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So you have plenty of water when you do it.
05:40
Okay. Also, I can see our brush truck and I can see...
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Firefighter Bishop,
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and we're far too, we're good.
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Thank you, number nine, okay.
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All right, sacrifice, so that's all you got.
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That's all the how you got.
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From direction.
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