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Grass and vehicle fire prompt shelter in place at business 

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Near Cesar E. Chavez Ave SW, Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Emergency responders manage a grass fire and vehicle fire near a business. A hot zone is set up and businesses are told to stay inside for safety. Traffic is blocked to keep the area clear.
Audio|Source: Grand Rapids Area Police and Fire Dispatch
03:14

Transcript:
00:00
Come in from car 16.
00:02
Come in, go ahead.
00:07
I'm en route there.
00:08
I'm going to try to get there and get that shutdown.
00:11
They did dispatch a police unit as well.
00:14
Yeah, we still got, I mean,
00:16
a tremendous amount of traffic coming down through Ridge on the bike truck.
00:20
I appreciate it.
00:24
I'm in from Heinrich.
00:25
I'm going to go off and see what we can do real quick.
00:37
That's great.
00:39
Monitoring.
00:40
I'm not getting anything on the monitors.
00:47
I'm not getting anything on the monitors.
00:49
I'm right now about five, six hundred feet to the east down Dijkstra.
00:53
Would you like 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 Root 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 what's going on in Casey shelter in place, yes.
01:15
Got it up.
01:21
We got K&R at the top of the hill by...
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 track.
01:33
We're clearing that out now, so yes, both can be shut down.
01:38
We'll stay here until further advise.
01:46
Command, uh, engine one, Lieutenant.
01:49
I'm in the process of getting information.
01:51
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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