Vegetation fire near homeless camp on Highway 41, Fresno County CA


A fire broke out near a homeless camp on the west side of Highway 41, north of Friant. Black smoke and a burning tree were reported in grassy vegetation near the roadside.
Audio|Source: CHP Central Division, Fresno & Merced Dispatch Centers
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Transcript:
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The other than Mary, Southbound 41, just north of Friant.
00:03
We're getting several calls on a fire.
00:05
They saw black smoke coming from the west side of the roadway in the grass near a homeless encampment.
00:12
I'd known if there was anybody in that encampment and there's a tree on fire.
00:15
Another caller said that fire is actually on fire.
00:23
Humble be fired.
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Copy.
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141, just north of Friant.
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One caller is set up to me on the west side of the roadway near the camp.
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CA-41, California
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