Large wildfire spreads through corn and beanfields in Indiana, Fountain County IN
WildfireA large wildfire is burning near Payne Road in Shawnee Township, Indiana, spreading through corn and beanfields. Multiple fire departments are responding with brush trucks, tankers, and personnel. The fire is spreading quickly due to the wind, causing several spot fires. Road closures and traffic disruptions are in place to support the emergency response.
Audio|Source: Fountain County Fire and EMS, Warren County EMS
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Transcript:
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Covington fire, Covington Fire, respond to near Payne Road, seal on fire, land power brush trucks.
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Covington Fire, Covington Fire,
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respond to near Payne Road,
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sealed on fire,
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meeting brush trucks, manpower, strangers.
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Thank you. Get over here on the north side of this fire.
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For base, go ahead.
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Apologies, we're calling F-600.
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Here's our base, you can't catch off fire ground 3.
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Time, 2nd. Dispatch, mid 1.
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Number 1.
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Mark 1 and 4 en route to that, big fire.
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Clear.
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Fire is out on 300 north, our brush truck and tanks will be en route to the fire on near Payne Road without three restocks.
01:35
Clear, just first whether they're using fire ground three.
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Three.
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11.01, did you have traffic?
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Newburgh Bay, F-600, I'm on fire ground three.
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Take three, information, the Beanfield to the North is now on fire.
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Beanfield North is now on fire.
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The dispatches were clear.
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8-4, break away, go get that beanfield.
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Afterernerative, I'm having pump trouble, but I'm about you.
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800, 804, pick it up again, I can see the corn stalks blowing up.
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Yeah, we got several spot fires on the western side of this burn.
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We're trying to get what we can not found.
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Not much progress.
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Are there any farmers here with any deaths or kills yet in the field?
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Affirmative there's a safe tractor haul and a file.
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Go here, I would just find as they can on the east side of this, because that's the way the wind blowing.
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He cut us a fast, he got a fifth fire brake, so I wouldn't cut any algorithms there to the fire roll right over the top of them.
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Right now.
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I'll let in here a wind get back.
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Go ahead!
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Williamsport, cleared there are in round to you. I'm about to hate West London Sound.
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S-600 is in command.
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S-800,
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I'm clear, you have to in round to you.
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Clear than I didn't know.
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West Lebanon fire, stay invite for dispatch.
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That's 600. Fears for me.
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Cornfield on fire.
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We need tankers, brush trucks, manpower,
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West Lebanon fire, West Lebanon Fire, respond to near Payne Road. We have a cornfield on fire requesting manpower, brush trucks, tankers.
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Location mentioned:
IN-55 & N Payne Rd, Shawnee Township, IN 47918
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