Fire spreads through vegetation near Collier Blvd median, Naples FL


Fire units responded to a vegetation fire spreading through a median near Collier Boulevard and Business Circle. The fire was active, climbing trees and visible smoke was present. Firefighters attempted to access and suppress the flames but faced difficulties reaching the fire location. Multiple units worked to contain the fire and prevent it from spreading toward nearby residences.
Audio|Source: Collier County Fire and EMS Dispatch
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Transcript:
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Engine 20. Median Fire, near Collier Boulevard. Respond on Control South.
00:08
Engine 20. Median Fire.
00:11
Near Collier Boulevard, Walvard. Cross Street Business Circle.
00:16
Respond on Control South. Timeout[1], 15.06 hours.
00:25
If you're near 70, you can shut the blue line down, please.
00:29
Shut the blue line down.
00:35
Engine 75, Battalion 70, Tech 7.
00:40
Engine 75, go ahead.
00:45
How's your northwest side looking?
00:52
I still see some flames.
00:56
We pulled out to see if we could hit from another location.
00:59
We weren't able to make access. We're coming back to our original location and we're just going to put as much water on it as we can from here.
01:09
Got me.
01:15
Directly east of the original call location,
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about one or two houses up,
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directly east.
01:22
It's about 200, 300 feet from the road.
01:29
I copy. I'm standing here on this side where the smoke is. It's just on the other side of that fence.
01:36
So, but it's right on the corner of that, right inside Sapphire Lake.
01:46
Copy, it's climbing a street right now. I'm not sure if you can see it from your location or not.
01:50
We're definitely not going to be able to get to it from here.
01:54
Engine 75, I didn't catch that last, would you repeat.
01:59
It's climbing a tree,
02:01
about 200 feet from our location. I don't know if you guys can see it from there.
02:06
We're definitely not going to be able to reach it from here.
02:09
That's affirmative. It's all right in front of me.
02:12
It's just right on the inside of a fence line.
02:15
Copy. We'll keep working our way in so what we can do.
02:24
I've got engine 70 coming around this side.
02:28
I want you to stay there so it doesn't go back your way.
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Near Collier Blvd, Naples, FL 34114
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