Fire crews contain fire near Gateway Travel Plaza substation, Vidor TX


Fire crews are actively containing and extinguishing remaining hot spots of a wildfire near a substation about a mile north of Gateway Travel Plaza in Vidor, Texas. They are coordinating with the Forest Service and using equipment such as dozers to control the fire.
Audio|Source: Orange County Public Safety
02:51
Transcript:
00:00
Operations command update.
00:04
Go ahead, with update.
00:06
Yes, sir, right now we're knocking out hot spots at the head of the fire.
00:12
Also have a line at the rear of the fire putting out hot spots also.
00:19
Pretty much contained,
00:21
just hot spots left.
00:25
Come here, see.
00:34
Go for command.
00:37
Yeah, horses are going to drop in, they're going to have to drop them on the 10th.
00:43
Yeah, I don't think they can cross the track.
00:49
Yeah, that's what I was saying.
00:50
I was just going to say if you want to advise them, or have the dispatch advise them, they're going to have to come off the 10s, they're going to access it with the Dozer.
01:00
822 miles two.
01:02
Yes,
01:09
sir.
01:11
Make contact with the Forest Service and let them know that they're going to have to put the dozer on the ground over there by that inner G-sub station.
01:20
They're off the Hanner State.
01:22
We've got two sets of tracks.
01:23
They're not going to be able to put it on the ground over on our side.
01:31
That's received.
01:33
Am I correct in finding that it's about a mile north of Gateway Travel POSA, the VIEW subway substation?
01:45
And it's correct.
01:49
That's received.
01:51
I'll go ahead and update them with that information.
01:53
Would you like the weather update?
01:57
Sure, why not?
02:00
Best received, 58% humidity with 8 mile per hour winds coming from the southeast.
02:08
Preciate.
02:10
This is Captain 3.
02:12
Correction on the dropping floor forestry is going to be about a mile.
02:15
Okay,
02:17
we try to pause.
02:18
And then coming to us is about a mile south from the road.
02:26
That's received.
02:32
Great City.
02:35
Take her down.
02:37
Yes, sir, just an update.
02:38
We are still on scene.
02:39
We do have tap out, hitting hot spots.
02:42
Ovi switched over to Viter Main if the monitor.
02:44
That's,
02:46
sir. Tap out, hitting hotspotspots, switching over the lighter fire, rain.
02:50
I am monitoring that as well.
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Location mentioned:
Near W Fwy Blvd S, Vidor, TX 77662
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