Fire breaks out near Seymour Drive spreading uphill, North Augusta SC
Fire & ArsonA fire started near Seymour Drive and spread into a neighbor's yard. Smoke and flames are visible in the backyard. The fire is moving uphill through vegetation and threatening nearby houses. It may have been caused by a discarded cigarette from construction workers.
Audio|Source: North Augusta Police and Fire
05:18
Transcript:
00:00
Address on Seymour.
00:05
667.
00:10
It's going to 667 Seymour Drive. I have the neighbor behind this resident saying that it's starting to roll into his yard.
00:21
You got a waterhole?
00:27
He didn't involve, I'll find out.
00:34
Headquarters, what's the address of the house behind it?
00:42
2710, McKenzie.
00:47
Craction 708, McKenzie.
00:53
Goet there headquarters, I'm on the scene at the fire. Is there close to fire? Is there close to fire hires going to be in front of 665?
01:13
Car 3 is on scene. We've got heavy smoke, fire in the backyard.
01:20
310.
01:26
R1 to car 3. I'll be on scene on the 700 block of McKenzie side.
01:36
I copy. Do we need to put our second truck over there?
01:47
I'm trying to walk down there to see where I can't really see where the fire is based on all the houses.
01:52
But if one of those trucks wants to head this direction, that'd be fine, come into the 700 block of McKinsey.
02:00
Car 1, we're at the source.
02:04
We can get a truck over here because it is getting close to this house. Looks like a son of construction.
02:08
One of the construction workers said they threw a cigarette.
02:15
Car 1, I spoke to the neighbor behind. He's at 708, McKenzie. He advised you may have to go through his yard to get to the fire.
02:26
Here, one, y'all.
02:30
Agent Florida Command, we're going to go down to McKenzie Street.
02:39
305 on team.
02:44
Where are you on two lad? I'm pulling up on scene now.
02:52
Agent four, did you say you were coming to McKenzie?
02:55
Hey, Burr. All right,
02:59
because it looks like the fires and the cut zoo coming up this hill towards these houses.
03:03
If I can get a couple of units to meet with engine four on McKenzie, we'll see if we can stop it on its top side.
03:12
I want to down on the 10th.
03:18
R3 call 1.
03:20
Go ahead.
03:22
You said that second truck will come up there with you.
03:27
Affirm Division 4 is supposed to be coming up here.
03:33
All right, we're knocking most of it down.
03:36
You see anything else up there?
03:39
Yeah, it's burning above the cudzoo coming up the hills still.
03:48
Car 1, is that helping when we shoot it straight up like that?
03:54
501 is walking down in there right now. I walk back up to the road to meet the fire truck.
04:02
Andrew Ford is on scene on McKenzie.
04:08
Additional units responding, go to McKinsey, where car one's at.
04:15
104, 504,
04:18
McKenzie.
04:22
Man, you can need truck eight of the brush truck, I'm about a pass station two.
04:27
Whoever's working the line at the bottom, work it back to the right, straight up and to the right.
04:37
501, is that helping? I go back to the left just a little.
04:44
32 command, you need the brush truck or truck 8.
04:48
Keep standing that area.
04:50
It's rolling toward me in that area and you're knocking it down pretty good like that.
04:55
We shouldn't need any other resources on the scene.
04:59
Got it.
05:03
You also have to use...
05:06
You also have some smoke rolling to your left. I can't tell where it's coming from from up here though.
05:16
We got our side knocked down pretty good.
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Location mentioned:
Near McKenzie St, North Augusta, SC 29841
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