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Wildfire near Lower Brush Creek road with two structures protectedBuncombe County NC

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Lower Brush Creek Rd, North Carolina 28732

A wildfire occurred near Lower Brush Creek Road in North Carolina. Multiple fire crews and equipment are working on containing the fire. Two structures have been protected. The fire is covering about 4 to 6 acres and is wind driven with strong winds. Containment percentage is being assessed.

Audio|Source: Buncombe County Fire
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Transcript:
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I copied ATV9, ATV8, SW-333 and Skyland's crew.
00:04
Is that correct?
00:07
Everybody's mine.
00:11
Okay, take your 8-2.
00:12
Copy, clearing at (number withheld).
00:14
I'll put you back on standby.
00:20
Engine 5 and service (number withheld).
00:27
Gordon, go for Pape and crew.
00:31
If you're not already dedicated with that Saul, Pape, you can stand down on it.
00:35
They are going to plow alpha now.
00:39
Copy that, thank you.
00:42
Thank you. Thank you.
00:50
Where else that thought? Yeah,
00:53
yeah, yeah, yeah, come up a read.
00:56
Out there.
01:02
Kirk and all from bed.
01:04
Good.
01:08
Hey Josh, we came straight up from that cabin down by Squad 3-3, tied into a logging road, that forked straight up the hill.
01:20
Is that where you guys are at?
01:25
Make contact for 932.
01:26
He's walking up.
01:31
Okay, Ephraim, can you get an name for 9-3-2?
01:34
Hey,
01:35
(name withheld).
01:38
Okay, copy.
01:42
Thank you. First 18, 13, 17.
01:45
1417.
01:51
Okay. That's two for them.
01:55
We're still trying to time with him.
02:06
Acres,
02:08
10% of payment.
02:13
Any structures protected?
02:19
We have protected two structures.
02:23
In four, thank you.
02:29
Communications FM4 responded into a Lower Brush Creek.
02:38
Edg and 14-2 calls.
02:43
142, go ahead.
02:46
Let's show us out at Fairview Station today.
02:52
301.
02:55
Okay, yet, 1418.
03:00
Just checking,
03:02
we still 4 to 6 acres,
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structures protected,
03:07
and what percent containment you go?
03:13
I'd have to get back with you on the containment park, and we've got to actually have four structures that we do have protected right at.
03:23
All of them are in any immediate danger for quite some time if we don't get it headed off.
03:29
But still wind driven,
03:31
we're getting some pretty strong winds here.
03:36
Got a dozer showed up.
03:39
They're not.
03:41
Nearest these largest, there to keep it back off a bit.
03:45
The wind has started pushing it in that direction.
03:49
Still in a lot of debris blowdown.
03:57
If you can get me a percent containment when you get chance, that'd be great.

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