Wildfire burning near subdivision and power lines in Arkansas, Lonoke County AR
WildfireFirefighters in Lonoke County, Arkansas, are working to control an active brush fire near a subdivision and power lines. They are using blowers, drones, and establishing firebreaks along roads and power line areas to contain the fire and prevent it from spreading to nearby homes.
Audio|Source: Lonoke County Law Enforcement
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Transcript:
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Been down here for sure.
00:03
Copy that, sir.
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We'll be spoken in just a second.
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Command.
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Harris.
00:15
Go ahead.
00:17
It looks like the fire is coming back up that hill working further west out of this subdivision.
00:27
Take four.
00:31
We've only got me and the two blowers down here now.
00:36
Caggar went to get fuel for this third floor.
00:38
Coates is down at the bottom where the barbed wire fence is in between us.
00:46
Copy that. Can you see that?
00:54
Yeah, I'm...
00:55
I'm on that little point the south side of that edge which is picking up here and this leaves.
01:06
Copy. Leaves.
01:13
Rush one to Ward 420 which cleared up this fire breeze.
01:18
You want to smooth down to you.
01:20
Okay,
01:22
sir.
01:26
Fire two, they're probably near the west top portion of the fire.
01:37
They're going to be right at the bottom.
01:44
Before we got fire move, kind of up the hill going east a little bit.
01:54
Ten, four.
01:56
If it's this way, you have them check that line if they come this way.
02:04
It's over.
02:06
Fire the hairs.
02:10
Go ahead.
02:13
Yes, sir. Have y'all been all the way down here to the fire line? Because I've got black all the way down here to these power lines.
02:21
Negative, sir, we haven't made it to the power lines.
02:25
Coach may have, he's between you and I.
02:28
We're more west.
02:31
I haven't seen the power line yet.
02:34
Copy that.
02:36
Engineer Skinner to War Chiefs.
02:39
We, Tava fires made it as far as we could.
02:42
When I met you, I was the first one that made it to where we met our fire lines at.
02:49
Simple, sir, I was asking on the west side of this fire, we went on down the power line.
02:55
Simple, I apologize.
02:59
You make it down the power line, and it's further this way.
03:04
It might have to be a stopping point.
03:15
Go ahead.
03:17
Okay, I'm carrying the fuel down.
03:18
I was headed east.
03:20
I got about 200 yards or better going east from where it came straight up the hill.
03:25
Do I need to keep going east or are they all going to start coming back toward the west?
03:31
I believe we're going to start concentrating towards the west now.
03:34
I think we're going to use that power line and road as a firebreak.
03:39
Is that correct, Ward Chief?
03:42
Timmore, sir. If you still got the drone in the air, if you can pinpoint where we're at so we can see the end of it on the west side.
03:52
That's... ...910, what's your 20?
03:58
I'm at Cocklebur Rd and Charlie Olds Rd.
04:06
About 200 yards north of you still on the fire line.
04:11
There's a couple hot spots.
04:17
Fire line, we're just trying to figure out how far down we need to go.
04:25
9.9.0.000. What was the location again?
04:30
7600 block of Kerr Station Rd.
04:35
Have your day on a stop?
04:39
Ten four, sir.
04:41
Okay.
04:46
My answer.
04:52
Go ahead, sir.
04:56
Location is that?
05:00
We're on the east side.
05:01
This is Captain 3.
05:02
I'm with you Chimino and two others.
05:06
We're still trying to work this fire line.
05:08
We got a pretty good line in place, but we just have several spot fires that we're just hoping not to jump.
05:18
As if we think, if Ward thinks we've got that stopped on that far end,
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using that road and power line,
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we need everybody to start working their way west.
05:30
We've got a pretty good line of fire here on the west end.
05:36
Copy that. And Engineer Skinner's headed back to the engine for fuel and replaces water in his lower.
05:44
Copy that, I've got drinking water en route,
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more gas, more batteries.
05:55
Like I said, we do have a couple of spot fires they are in a black hazard right now.
06:04
Fire unit walking the fire line.
06:11
For fire command.
06:14
Go ahead.
06:16
Yes, sir. We have found the road that's going back north inside the tree line here.
06:20
We're inside the trees right now.
06:25
Stand before, you still got fire?
06:28
Yes, sir. We have free of fire over here on this side.
06:32
Copy that. Stay with it then.
06:33
Let me know.
06:39
Let's blank command.
06:42
Go ahead.
06:44
We've got these lowers jumping out about 6 to 10 feet from the fire line and going up to clear some of the debris to try to slow it down.
06:53
But we've just about met.
06:55
I don't know what it is up by an engineer Cowder as he was coming down the hill.
07:00
He met some fire.
07:03
I'm up here now I've got a pretty good line of fire headed to the top of this ridge and they're going to start down towards the houses where staging is at if I could get some folks that you've got blower or something to come up this way.
07:15
Straight up, I hear you, I hear the blower.
07:22
That top of the ridge.
07:24
I'm checking on these guys down here and I'll head up there with the lower.
07:32
Our coach, I see.
07:34
I've made contact before.
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Location mentioned:
Cocklebur Rd & Charlie Olds Rd, Arkansas 72176
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