Fire reported near Willis Lake Road with limited access, Itasca County MN


Emergency units are responding to a fire near Willis Lake Road. The road is very narrow, causing concerns for ambulance access. A medical helicopter has been requested and coordination among multiple agencies is ongoing. A caller at Forestry Road north of Willis Lake Road is guiding responders to the scene.
Audio|Source: Itasca County Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
Big Fork fire the station.
00:03
Take for fire.
00:05
Can put unit 15 in route with 2 in the rest of the sled?
00:10
1435.
00:15
So you can put this in route.
00:22
Northbound from 5161.
00:28
I will take one.
00:31
Clear of ground, the task are unavailable.
00:35
Heavy.
00:40
712-12 hundred green.
00:46
Just be aware this near Willis Lake Road is really narrow. I'm not sure if we'll get an ambulance back if.
00:55
Great cops.
01:00
And responding in it, we have the caller back on the line.
01:05
He is back out at the Forestry Road, so he'll be able to guide you in. He's going to be at the Forestry Road north of the near Willis Lake Road at the Trail opening.
01:17
Okay,
01:21
for it fired the station.
01:25
Go ahead.
01:27
Do we have a disc, or sheriff or anyone I've seen yet?
01:34
I believe one is there or close.
01:40
Copy that, we're just looking for any update we could get.
01:48
Station responding units, if you want to take a look at your map, I've got one where the caller is at.
01:55
And then the one that's further east is where the patient is at.
02:04
Patient 712.
02:09
Go ahead.
02:11
Are you out at the near Willis Lake Road?
02:16
10-4[1]. It ends on the gate,
02:18
and I don't believe I'm quite in the right spot.
02:21
So if you go back out to the near Willis Lake Road,
02:25
head north,
02:26
you should run into the caller. It's going to be at the trail opening, which is up there.
02:35
10 for things.
02:41
Big Fort fire.
02:46
Go ahead, station.
02:48
It sounds like we will have a chopper 20 to 25 minutes, so I will need a ground contact and I'll give you an S-TAC.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgement (OK / Message received)
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Location mentioned:
Willis Lake Rd, Stokes Township, MN 56628
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