Vehicle fire involving tractor on interstate near Broadway, Asheville NC
Fire & ArsonA tractor caught fire in the eastbound lane of interstate near Broadway exit in Asheville. The trailer was not involved. One lane of traffic remained open while firefighters managed the situation.
Audio|Source: Asheville Fire
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Transcript:
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Safety 9, Squad 1, Engine 13, Tanker 12.
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Mile marker 26 I-26 East.
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Vehicle fire.
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Safety 9, Squad 1, Engine 13, Tanker 12.
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Mile marker 26 I-26 East.
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Vehicle fire.
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Atkinson Street and I-26 East to I-240 East.
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On fire 3.
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12's in route probably.
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Go ahead.
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What's your location?
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We just headed westbound back up towards the Broadway exit.
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We're getting back on the interstate now.
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We can see the vehicle fire.
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It is in the eastbound lane, right of Broadway.
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Okay, we're right behind you, we're just passing it right now.
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I'm from 13th.
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Good.
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Engine 13's on scene.
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We do have a working vehicle fire.
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This will just be the tractor.
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The trailer is not involved currently.
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We'll be trolling an inch three-quarter bumper line.
01:34
Copy going to be a working vehicle fire, it's going to be the tractor, not the trailer.
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Squad one from 13.
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Go ahead.
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If you all get here, can you just get us the water supply nurse from your truck?
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Affirmative.
01:56
Does it look like we should shut down the interstate so we can get this knock down?
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We should still be able to keep one lane of traffic open.
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This is off the side of the interstate.
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Copy this.
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I'm square one.
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Correct.
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We're on seeing.
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We'll have a link two shut down here.
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Probably.
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Safety 9 from Squadwell.
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Good.
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I'm sure you heard all the radio traffic.
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We have lane 2 shut down here.
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At your discretion, if you just want to look and see what we got, if you want to shut it down, that's fine too.
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Happy way to do you shut down.
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Location mentioned:
Broadway St, Asheville, NC
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