Large cornfield fire reported near 241st Avenue, Sauk Centre MN
WildfireA large fire broke out in a cornfield near 241st Avenue in Birchdale Township. Heavy smoke and active flames were visible across a wide area. Mutual aid was requested from the Long Prairie Fire Department to assist with firefighting efforts.
Audio|Source: Wadena,Otter Tail, Hubbard, and Todd County Public Safety
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Transcript:
00:00
I can just a few minutes out, but there's a lot of smoke.
00:03
They're probably going to want to call mutual aid, possibly, on this one that looks pretty big.
00:16
Tad 1226.
00:18
Go ahead.
00:25
Also, I did call DMA4 Street on that because they had issued the permit for yesterday, but it was only supposed to be for piled materials, so they've been made away.
00:36
So far.
00:39
Todd 131.
00:46
Big Regal fire, T.D.
00:49
Fire.
00:54
Go ahead, Todd.
01:00
Not sure if you copy, 26 is traffic.
01:02
Sounds like we have a good amount of smoke.
01:06
Are you wanting mutual aid started right away or wait until you get on CNN and see what we got?
01:11
Yeah, probably just go ahead and start mutual aid.
01:16
Oh, well, I'll get them wrong.
01:19
Oh! Oh!
01:28
Long Prairie Fire please respond mutual aid assist with Craigal Fire for a fire to cornfield near 241 Avenue section 5 Birchdale PD2 have a tortu 141.
01:50
126 all 26th go ahead.
01:56
You can show me 106.
01:58
It looks like the fire right now.
02:00
I can see active flames in a smaller area, but it looks to be about maybe 200 yards long of a burn strip there.
02:11
726, 106. 1422.
02:18
12.26 Todd, for any responding units that are coming for fire, looks like there's going to be an approach right in front of my squad off of 241st Avenue there they can probably take to get out the field.
02:37
1229. Stand by.
02:46
4,340301.
02:50
Go ahead.
02:54
Tony should be there shortly.
02:57
104. 1424. 12.
03:01
12, 20. 12, 20.
03:04
Go ahead.
03:10
See a lot of smoke up where you just went to your direction there.
03:13
What do you see, and they're active flames up in that neck of the woods?
03:17
Not much, just appears to be where the fire originated burn file.
03:23
Not for, it looks like the wind.
03:28
Perum, 22 outer tail.
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Location mentioned:
Near 241st Ave, Sauk Centre, MN 56378
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