Unknown milky substance found in water near Mathers Bridge, Merritt Island FL
Unknown (Public Safety / Environmental Hazard Investigation)A large unknown milky substance was found in the water near Mathers Bridge at South Tropical Trail. It was initially suspected to be diesel from a capsized vessel, but later confirmed not to be from a downed vessel. There were no reported odors or injuries associated with the substance.
Audio|Source: Brevard County Sheriff East Precinct and Fire, Cocoa Beach Police / Fire
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Transcript:
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Section 63 on the Mathers Bridge. Caller indicated that there was some kind of substance turning white in the water, possibly from a capsized vessel, leaking diesel.
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Do we have an updated location in this possible instance?
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Is there people in the water or are there rentals, patients?
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The current address looks to be near South Tropical Trail, Mathers Bridge.
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I copy that.
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I will continue to wrap us location.
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Do you have your assignments, coordinate your guests?
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Good, a lot of units come in for no patients report and just why something in the water.
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I understand that that, sir. I just dropped the balance on it.
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We're going to just continue on this area. We're going to just continue on this area. Understood.
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Injured 40.
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1056.
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Agent 6-2 on time.
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4.1-4s.
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District 40, we have all the units currently put together for the unit currently kind of put together for that call. It's going to be a lot of the units from 60.
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I copy that.
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You need District 40 on the assignments.
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It was the one that reported it.
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The advisor, around Sunday, there was a capsized vessel about 200 yards north of the bridge. Currently there's nobody in the water.
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Report from mission 35.
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Mention 35.
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All right, well, let's introduce it down. The truck 63 is 62, just has that come in in District 60.
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Every that truck 6 3, engine 62, Hazman, District 60.
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All units do you copy?
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Now is the man copy.
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25, 10, 50 to 8.
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District 45 is going to continue.
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District 45 continue.
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55, carry the responding engine, you can hold off your response for a now. We'll call you if you need you.
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Perfor, Rescue 80, back on this motion.
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Cancelling or... General?
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You can cancel for now.
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Rescue 64 is canceled in quarters.
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According.
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Rescue Supervisor. Rescue Supervisor.
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Rescue. Rescue. Go.
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All right. All right.
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All right. District 40, you heard the response to be canceled. District 64.
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I was just confirmed.
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I was just confirmed. I was just confirmed your responding.
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Landline contact made with District 60. I'm going to be discontinuing my response to the answer.
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Copy.
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District 40.
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Understood discontinuing response.
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1059.
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Truck C-3 is on scene,
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investigating currently the bridge is open to boats, fast traffic.
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Capda down, the investigation pressure is open.
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Agent McClure, responding, responding one of the five in a minute.
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How you're responding, Moly-105, Niver, Boulevard, and Abbott Health Center for Medical.
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I'm not sure what we're going to do anything about this. I mean, there's a milky substance in the water, but it's not like the color of milk. It's just like there's got to be a ton of it in the water. It's just something that's just happening in the water. It's not from a down vessel.
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There's no smell or odor really in the air. It's just, you know, something in the water, but it's a ton of it, whatever it is.
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Copy, no smell or odor.
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Hazmat, District 45, District 60, copy.
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Location mentioned:
Near S Tropical Trail, Merritt Island, FL 32952
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