Wildfire near Fairview spreads over 15 to 20 acres, Fairview NC
WildfireA wildfire near Old Fort Road in Fairview has spread over 15 to 20 acres and is fast moving. Fire crews are establishing dozer lines and aerial support is en route. About 25 fire personnel and several pieces of equipment are on scene working to contain the fire. Structure protection units are being prepared in case the wind shifts.
Audio|Source: Buncombe County Fire and EMS
05:37
Transcript:
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He believes if you go up Burning Mountain near 900 block, there's a campground that has an old logging road that should come out on top of that ridge about where we're trying to get to.
00:15
Yeah,
00:16
that's where we're working on getting to right now.
00:18
UTV 9?
00:21
Go ahead.
00:23
I talked to Viresna.
00:26
He said you should be able to just take the change and lift them across the post.
00:31
Is that possible or are they actually locked now?
00:35
We can get the gate down.
00:37
We've got the owner here with us.
00:38
She's going to get a machine key.
00:40
There's a track hole in the middle of the road.
00:41
We're going to move it and get it out of the way so we can get up there.
00:46
Copy that, thank you.
00:51
Everything move, get up in there.
00:57
301 is 2.
01:03
Seamus 12, are you guys in route?
01:10
301. 301.
01:14
We're in the process and moving 8 and 14 to station, station one and two.
01:21
Any other resources you need.
01:25
I think that's good for right now for backfill.
01:28
We're just trying to get some more units on the scene for some structure protection if this wind shifts again.
01:39
Communications Engine 8-2 being route 1586 short of highway.
01:56
Gru 1, this is Quad 3-3.
02:03
Major,
02:04
Ethan and Caleb.
02:11
Emus 15's company.
02:16
My track you'll find me.
02:22
On to the head.
02:28
annual gpm
02:32
marshal
02:36
10101
02:41
301 the Asheville The Asheville crew
02:47
Stand by near Old Fort Road, Fairview,
02:52
Station 2, Station 3, working large-scale incident.
02:57
Station 14, new personnel, standby,
03:00
Fairview, Station 2,
03:03
Fairview, Large-scale Incident,
03:05
1327, Welcome, Communications.
03:10
Chief Ten, go ahead.
03:14
We're in the process of moving, Kenton, up to Station 102, any other resources you're going to need.
03:25
At this time, I can't think of any.
03:27
Chief 1001 is on Fire Tac 2 if you won't contact him.
03:37
Yeah, I tried to get him on fire attack to hit it and answer.
03:42
We'll have them move into station pending as soon available.
03:50
Okay, I appreciate it.
03:53
I'll copy that traffic in too.
03:56
Yeah, right now I think I've got enough personnel coming and I'm handling pretty much everything here.
04:03
I got operations under control.
04:05
If we did have a fire marshal to help out, give us another hand, that would be great.
04:10
But I'll probably need some resources later on for some physicians over now.
04:13
I'll get this under control.
04:17
Okay, I'll see if I can get you a fire marshal out there.
04:20
Also,
04:21
can you give me a kind of a size of what you got right now? In this case right now, I'd say we've got stakers,
04:31
slow moving at this time.
04:33
We have Ranger 1 and 3 on the scene, got a dozer, got an airplane and helicopter on the way.
04:40
Five-man Ranger crew and I've got about 25 fire personnel on the scene.
04:49
A four-ranger pickup truck, (number withheld), Weaverville Road at Starbucks.
04:55
Cross Street's Barn Drive and Woodland Hills Road, B-Fire Med, 1329.
05:03
Four, copy, six acres, slow moving.
05:07
The correction on that size is going to be about 15, 20 acres.
05:12
It's still fast moving.
05:13
I don't know where we're seeing slow moving fire at, but it's aping up on us right now.
05:18
We've got the dozer at the top, and we're about to start doing dozer line on the top of this thing.
05:25
That way.
05:29
Okay, I need you somebody up here at the brush truck.
05:32
Okay, I need somebody up here at the brush truck.
05:35
Four, ten minutes.
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Location mentioned:
Near Old Fort Rd, Fairview, NC 28730
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