Brush fire spreading near power lines in Maryland, Allegany County MD
WildfireFire crews are responding to a brush fire near power lines in Allegany County, Maryland. The fire is spreading but is being contained along a secondary line. Units coordinate water supply and access routes near Earth Road.
Audio|Source: Allegany County Fire
02:59
Transcript:
00:00
Man Ranger file.
00:02
Yeah.
00:07
Yeah, it looks like we kind of bring the brush truck up in the power lines from an access bird and would be able to make it out for the fire is that.
00:17
If we need it in future for water.
00:20
Okay, so they're on the power line.
00:23
Throwing the power line is a probably good 500 to 600 from the fire.
00:33
Command to Rush 43.
00:36
Command to Engineer Marshal.
00:41
Command to Engineer Marshal.
00:47
Go ahead, command.
00:54
And you with the brush unit or with the hacker?
00:59
I'm with the brush unit.
01:00
I was trying to answer you.
01:01
That radio wasn't working.
01:08
Good. Ranger 5 says in your direction for water.
01:11
Also, he says that we can make access off the Earth Road.
01:15
There's a lot of residence to get up in here.
01:17
We're able to get back to hours.
01:20
Yes,
01:22
this three-cutter is going to cut me a little bit of her path to get out, so, and then the Rangers here now.
01:30
Okay,
01:31
it's burning off to a second line, so I'm hoping we can hold it as the second line.
01:41
312, ATV 12 responding.
01:44
Okay, take out of three.
01:50
Utility 12 ACD 12, okay, 15, 24.
01:58
Rush 12, 43, command.
02:02
Okay, brush flow, 43, command.
02:05
That's way into this.
02:15
They take the end of the 72 mile marker.
02:18
Get off at the 72, go back across the interstate.
02:22
You're going to be looking for Earth Road, start up to Earth Road, go back into Laxas, and they're saying we should be access from there.
02:31
Oh.
02:38
339 at Union.
02:39
43-9 at Union.
02:46
Ranger, drive to command.
02:47
I'm going to have to go back out.
02:48
The way Brush 43 came in, it's Tuesday for a thank water to go back to crawl.
02:56
I'm direct, we're getting pretty good holding on this track on the line.
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Earth Rd, Maryland 21766
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