Large brush fire intentionally set near Paul Street, Lincoln RI
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Fire & ArsonA large brush fire was intentionally set by a homeowner near Paul Street in Lincoln, Rhode Island. Fire crews are working to extinguish the fire and police have blocked the road to prevent vehicle access.
Audio|Heard on: Town of Lincoln Fire and EMS
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03:13
Transcript:
00:00
Commit to file them, have police block off Paul Street, don't let any vehicles other than engines get through, please.
00:07
Great.
00:12
Into engine three.
00:15
Engine 3 is on, go ahead, ma'am.
00:19
Lieutenant, pick up a hydrant on your way in, please.
00:24
Mass around.
00:29
Hold in.
00:31
Engine agent, you're coming out.
00:37
Mayn't answer.
00:41
It is an intentional fire by the homeowner.
00:45
He's just looking to burn up a bunch of random woods.
00:48
There's no structure here, it's just a pile.
00:51
We're going to start extinguishing now.
00:54
Mayn't receive that Avenger 3 coming up with a line.
01:01
Agent 3 to command, we have bad hydrants over here.
01:04
We're going to have to go further down to grab a hydrant.
01:07
We're going to have to go further down to grab a hydrant.
01:19
We're on the old pike at Paul Street.
01:22
Where do you want us?
01:28
Letter 5.
01:33
Ladder 5, go ahead.
01:39
Leave your truck on the old pike and walk up.
01:42
It's a cobblestone bridge.
01:45
Concerns you'll have problems getting up with that truck.
01:48
Recease.
01:54
Until out of five, can you assist engine three and then getting this line up here,
02:00
please?
02:01
Affirmative.
02:07
Engine three to come back.
02:11
Green answering engine three.
02:12
Answering engine three.
02:16
The advice, we're going to have to shut down the old pike.
02:19
We're going to have to go across the street.
02:24
Command has the update, command the file, I'm advised PDVET.
02:29
Roger.
02:31
Invite.
02:36
Five, you call?
02:41
On seat.
02:43
Roger, 2.5.
02:44
You're on the scene.
02:51
And the file of them, this is a very large brush pile,
02:56
engineer does have water on the fire.
03:00
Roger, Commander, putting a very large brush fire, pile, water on the fire, and I...
03:10
The latitude?
03:13
Latitude?
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Location mentioned:
Paul St, Lincoln, RI 02865
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