Truck fire prompts emergency response on Highway 58, Kern County CA


A semi-truck had a wheel catch on fire while traveling on Highway 58 near General Beale Road. Fire units were sent to handle the situation, and nearby resources were rerouted to assist.
Audio|Source: Kern County Fire
02:23
Transcript:
00:00
On public service, 1380, Lieberton Avenue for help us only. Reinforce vehicle fire, 45s area, engine 48, engine 24, truck 41, battalion 6, westbound 58, opposite general, Biel, for a semi-truck with a wheel on fire, assignment on Kernforth.
00:29
Capitian 6, cancel truck 41. Battalion 6[2]th, my apologies. Repeat. Cancel truck 41 and start an additional engine in its place. Copy truck 41, you can complete.
00:51
Pedic Engine 19, Cotea, 2-1302, Conklin Boulevard for abdominal pain. Engine 41, reinforced vehicle fire 45's area, westbound 58, off to general, be able for a semi-truck with a wheel-on-fire, Simon on Kern 4. DC-41, add Patrol 41[1] to that. They'll be a patrol en route as well.
01:18
Company 45 Battalion 6[2] on 2. Forty-five. Hey, he just discussed the vehicle fire and reinforce in the general field. Do you have anybody to free up that can go check that out? Add to the response. Now affirmative, yeah, I can break engine 3-60-free loose. Okay, copy. Just have them come up on a channel.
01:47
Check in with ECC and have them added to the response. Now, I'll just check out on current one. The ECC engine 335 and quarters is Station 71.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
Patrol 41: Fire patrol unit assigned
[2]
Battalion 6: Fire command unit responding
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Location mentioned:
General Beale Rd, California
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