Active wildfire near residential areas in North Carolina, Buncombe County NC
WildfireFirefighters are actively responding to a wildfire near residential areas and barns on Riceville Road in North Carolina. Crews are creating fire lines and using heavy equipment to protect structures and control the fire spread. Additional personnel are being organized to assist with the response.
Audio|Source: Buncombe County Fire and EMS
07:49
Transcript:
00:00
We've just been burning these corners out as we come to keep it from losing it to peace.
00:04
Nobody's stayed behind with.
00:07
Yeah,
00:09
we're spread out all over this line at the top up here.
00:11
We're still pretty active.
00:13
First person you're going to run into if he comes on at the top will be my club and I'm in the middle of him and the rest of my guys.
00:21
Trying to watch it.
00:24
Okay, if you're dead with it, we'll just continue deep in this lineup and doing that little bit of burning as we can go up.
00:30
That way you should be good under you.
00:35
Sounds amazing.
00:36
Appreciate you.
00:39
I'm back to that too.
00:44
Hoping to tie in with you, can you advise where you're going to need from us and where your location is?
00:53
Yeah, I'll need a one saw,
00:57
a leaf blower, and some hand tools.
01:01
You'll see, go up a Fox Trail,
01:06
and you'll see my truck,
01:09
and then go down that gated road that's closest to my lumber.
01:16
And I'll take you to the ridge hop, and you'll see the head of the fire.
01:20
That's where I'm at.
01:24
Okay, a firm, we're just now passing pop-up air trail.
01:28
We're going to copy that.
01:35
301 with Ranger 2.
01:40
Ranger 2, go ahead.
01:45
We have access to some heavy equipment located by their staff has fire experience.
01:52
Would you wish any of those resources?
01:59
Fireview Station 2.
02:01
Engine 17 is going to inch service station 2 at 1338.
02:08
Okay,
02:09
1338. 1338.
02:14
To be used to dig a line around those structures to help protect them better, that'd be great.
02:25
Thank you. Yeah,
02:33
they've got access to Dozer excavators, either one.
02:36
They just call it and they said they can get it here.
02:43
Go one, Ranger 2.
02:47
Ranger 2, go ahead.
02:51
He's spoken to the property owners over here near the barn, those large barns and heavy equipment operators said they could get a dozer here and cut a line right up through there in between this two-story structure where we started and those large barns.
03:11
where they're not comfortable operating though yeah we're we're good with them we know
03:21
they're they've got a lot of fire experience as well
03:26
we start to two three oh one go ahead we met through the head
03:38
Copy that. Are you with Ranger 2 or are you on that, are you off to the other side?
03:46
I believe we're off to the other side.
03:48
I haven't seen him yet.
03:53
And we're going to be clear, code R.
03:59
Copy.
04:00
T. Code R.
04:01
1340.
04:04
On the Ranger 2.
04:08
Ranger, too, go ahead.
04:13
We're getting Asheville crew organized.
04:15
We've got a couple of other fire personnel that's going to arrive here shortly, and we'll have you a crew there to assist you.
04:26
Okay, I'll work on that.
04:32
I'll pass it on the Airwood.
04:37
ATV-9 in command.
04:41
Go ahead.
04:44
We got that track removed.
04:45
It'll leave up to a pretty good flat spot.
04:48
Get us without 200 yards.
04:53
Keep on trucking until I run out of fuel.
04:55
I think I'm near the ridge.
05:00
Okay, sounds good.
05:02
Everything's slowing down down here on our end.
05:05
It's looking a lot, lot better.
05:08
We just got some sketching parts where them made them dog legs.
05:15
You've got real good access with a good turnaround up here, about 150 yards to skin.
05:27
Emergency to the Laurel's near Riceville Road, Room (number withheld), Irving's a fall earlier today.
05:36
Copy it around.
05:43
Ranger 2.
05:50
Copy made up with R2.
05:54
John, Digital Lett 3 is on the St.
05:57
Fairview.
05:59
Angel 113301, you got a sign for it.
06:05
10 by 1, we're going to give you a location here just a second.
06:11
Caput.
06:17
9 3-2.
06:23
Command 113.
06:28
Go ahead.
06:31
I need you to go to 21-2-1 pop-up.
06:37
It's going to be off of Burning Mountain, which is going to be near our station 3-3.
06:42
You'll go up Burning Mountain Road to Pop-up Bear Lane.
06:47
Yeah, I'll be able to just go up Pop-A-Barre lane.
06:50
Go ahead.
06:53
Should be able to just go up Pop-A-Bair and go all the way to the end.
07:01
6,000-60-degree cul-de-sac nowhere.
07:18
Number 20 instead of 21.
07:26
Come up here to command where Chief 1001 is.
07:34
I've got about a 100-foot circular clearance right here just above that house with the loop around it.
07:46
Copy that. Is this still going to be a good staging engine and crew for now?
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Riceville Rd, North Carolina
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