Fire crews contain vegetation fire near Hayes Cove Road, Leicester NC

Wildfire

Reported: 11/14/2025 11:51 AM

Near Hayes Cove Rd, Leicester, NC 28748

Fire crews responded to a vegetation fire near Hayes Cove Road, creating containment lines and protecting nearby buildings.

Audio|Source: Buncombe County Fire

02:44

Transcript:

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Also, Coms be advised access to 102 driveway,

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102's driveway.

00:06

Copy that, Access, 102's driveway.

00:14

(name withheld), I'm coming up.

00:15

You need anything off the squad?

00:18

Just grab my shirt, helmet,

00:21

should be sufficient.

00:30

1822 to the engine fast.

00:34

Go ahead, (name withheld).

00:37

Cooper, and you get here, one or two of your personnel can grab a saw.

00:41

I believe that's going to be my next knee.

00:44

Be a couple sawyers to help punch a road down through here to make a good line in.

00:51

Talk that, we'll be.

00:52

We're coming down hooker's got now.

00:56

Good copy.

00:57

1822 columns.

00:58

We do have a line between the fire and the structure at this time.

01:03

You can call the structure safe up here.

01:05

We're now trying to get down in the loop.

01:09

Copy that.

01:15

1822.

01:17

Go ahead.

01:20

(name withheld), you need me up there to help you or do you want me to cover the rest of the district?

01:26

I think you'll cover the district, the part resources I've got to tell them, I think we're going to get a catch on it right here.

01:33

Okay.

01:37

Ranger 2 on scene.

01:39

So see that?

01:43

Taking me with Plankers.

01:46

(name withheld), I'm about halfway down here we go.

01:50

(name withheld), I'm not there just yet.

01:51

I'm almost on the new found road.

02:09

Helping wreck a line in and we'll have to put a wet line on up shore.

02:14

Just trying to get around it right now to keep going any further.

02:21

Okay. Come up where all your brush structure are at.

02:26

Yeah, Farmer, just come up the driveway for 102 Hayesco.

02:43

John from G6.

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