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Large brush fire spreading near West Lake Wales Alturas Road, Bartow FL

Wildfire

Reported: 11/22/2025 09:20 AM

W Lake Wales Alturas Rd, Bartow, FL 33830

Firefighters responded to a large brush fire spreading near West Lake Wales Alturas Road. Multiple units were dispatched to contain the fire after a caller reported it started small but was growing out of control.

Audio|Source: Polk County Fire Rescue, Fire and EMS

01:52

Transcript:

00:00

Battalion 7, Battalion 4, Squad 21, Engine 19, Engine 11, Rush 19, Engine 17, Tender 19, Tender 44,

00:09

safety 501, be a large rush fire, near West Lake Wales Alturas Road, TAC 8, TAC 8, 1222.

00:22

Stroke alert,

00:23

we're going to go ahead and fly him out.

00:26

I need you to attach a helicopter and notice I could tie inside the room.

00:30

Copy.

00:36

Senator 12, instead.

00:40

Senator 12.

00:42

All right, go ahead and cancel tender 44.

00:47

I'm looking on that.

00:49

I copy.

00:52

To be a stroke, Oak Haven Rehab and Nursing Center, 919, Old Winter Haven Road, Unit 202, Alpha Arbondale, tax 7, 12.23.

01:05

Copy, it's going to be Polk, LZ1.

01:09

LV1, copy.

01:14

Second.

01:21

17-in route 24237-in.

01:24

Danger close, 97.

01:29

I'm on 27, I can see it's pretty good call.

01:34

I got me.

01:36

Safety 5-01 responding.

01:40

Safety 5-01 responding.

01:42

It could be near West Lake Wells Road, correction, West Lake Wells Road up through its road.

01:48

Caller advised that they started a small bush fire and now it's getting out of control.

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W Lake Wales Alturas Rd, Bartow, FL 33830

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