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Grass fire and vehicle fire prompt traffic block and shelter in place 

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Near Cesar E. Chavez Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Firefighters responding to a grass fire and a vehicle fire near Route Ridge and Dykstra block traffic and ask nearby businesses to shelter in place for safety.
Audio|Source: Kent County Fire and EMS
03:14

Transcript:
00:00
Come in from car 16.
00:04
Come in, go ahead.
00:07
I'm en route there.
00:08
I'm going to try to get there and get that shut down.
00:11
They did dispatch, police in it as well.
00:14
Yeah, we still got, I mean, a tremendous amount of traffic coming down through Ridge on the bike truck.
00:20
I appreciate it.
00:24
Come in from Heinrich, I'm going to go off and see what we can do real quick.
00:38
That's great.
00:39
Monitoring.
00:42
Hey,
00:45
guys.
00:47
I'm not getting anything on the monitors.
00:49
I'm right now about 5, 600 feet to the east down Dystra.
00:52
Would you like us to still tell businesses the shelter in place? And then additionally to that, Would you like us to block traffic trying to exit and drive through the intersection of Route Ridge and Dystra?
01:04
Yeah, definitely block traffic off where you're at.
01:07
I would just let that business know right there across from you.
01:11
What's going on in case you shelter in place, yes.
01:15
Got it up.
01:21
We got K&R at the top of the hill bike.
01:24
The tracks will stand by right here at standard building in case anybody comes out.
01:29
Okay, we've got a hot zone established right around that tracko.
01:33
We're clearing that out now, so yes, both from the shutdown.
01:38
We'll stay here until further advice.
01:46
Command, engine one, Lieutenant.
01:49
I'm in the process of getting information.
01:50
Can you make sure that...
01:52
We have the grass fire and the vehicle cooled down before we put the hose away.

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Near Cesar E. Chavez Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
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