Brush fire near Jacksonville encampment sparks urgent response, Jacksonville FL
Fire & ArsonFire crews tackled a brush fire near a homeless encampment on Regency Square Boulevard, cutting a fence to stop flames from spreading to tents, prompting urgent containment efforts.
Audio|Source: Jacksonville Fire Rescue
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Transcript:
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Matt, we're at 9,009, Regency Square Boulevard.
00:03
It's up, Rushfire, the other side of these semis.
00:04
We're trying to get out, take a look at it.
00:07
Agnostic, yeah, we're coming up on it now.
00:09
I could tell us that I was coming from the Creek Victoria, but what you're on-seat, what's your location?
00:16
I'm pinging at 9,09, Regency Square Boulevard off of Mill Creek, down this dead end where all these semis park.
00:24
We came to a brush fire rekindled from last night, so we were trying to check that out, and obviously this is a different one.
00:34
We're on the South Side Connector.
00:37
We're going to take a look from this side.
00:38
I don't know if there's a water pond right here or anything like here, separate them.
00:48
Yeah, we're kind of a bad spot.
00:50
It's heavy wood and we're blocked by a fence on this side.
01:00
We got a small bum encampment on this side.
01:03
It's not too far off the road, so we're going to cut the fence on our side at least from this side.
01:08
You might walk into the city, Ralph.
01:11
10 4.
01:12
Oh yeah. Hey, do you want to throw the hose over?
01:17
I'm already on this side.
01:23
Hey, we need to stop this before it gets through the rest of the tent.
01:27
Are you good with a booster arm?
01:29
Yeah, throw it over as soon as you can.
01:32
Hey, we need to check every one of these tents to make sure there's no one in it.
01:41
Paulos, go around to where they are and give them your water.
01:45
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Regency Square Blvd, Jacksonville, FL
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