Active wildfire threatens homes near Stevenson Alabama, Stevenson AL
Fire crews in Stevenson, Alabama are fighting a wildfire spreading up a ridge near a concrete plant. The fire threatens homes near the top of the ridge. Crews are requesting rakes and tools to help contain the fire.
Audio|Source: Stevenson Fire
02:15
Transcript:
00:00
265 first fortfire to Scotty.
00:03
Go ahead.
00:07
Hey, Budrow, we need some rakes up here.
00:10
We got hay ever wearing it's, uh,
00:12
tension this hay up.
00:14
It's hard to put it out.
00:19
You about to need a rake.
00:21
We need some rakes.
00:23
We need some rakes.
00:32
He's broken up, try again.
00:37
I just gave you a 21.
00:40
Beautiful.
00:48
Engine one, the command.
00:52
Go ahead.
00:56
The fire that's down in the valley that's coming up the ridge away from the concrete plant, when it hits the top where the last set of power lines, the other side of power lines are all the houses up there.
01:23
I'm up at the residence that it was getting close to.
01:25
Bridgeport knocked it down.
01:27
That was a part that was close, but when you watch it from the base, as soon as it climbs the ridge, that's where it's going to get into us.
01:51
Unit 20. State.
01:58
Unit 20. Sorry if you don't hear if it's in the EDA on 4-3.
02:03
I've got units over on 70.
02:05
If I'm just getting close to them, we can.
02:07
I'm on PX with a unit, Rickport unit, over on 96.
02:10
And it's getting focused over there.
02:12
Okay,
02:14
more standby. Yeah.
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Stevenson, AL
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