Dust mistaken for smoke on I-68 eastbound in Maryland, Washington County MD
Fire & ArsonA caller reported white smoke eastbound on Interstate 68 near mile marker 72. The smoke was investigated and found to be dust kicked up by a street sweeper vehicle, not actual smoke from fire.
Audio|Source: Washington County Fire and EMS - Digital
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Transcript:
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The caller advised that it was N-State 68 eastbound.
00:06
Area 72 there.
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The first mile on the roadway said a pommal white smoke.
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Okay, we're going to continue on.
00:21
Okay.
00:27
Five-three, they may be up close to the line.
00:34
Okay.
00:40
May it's surviving it's just north of the roadway from the interstate.
00:45
I'll listen to the call back now.
00:49
Okay.
00:53
Post-43, did you see anything this way?
00:58
That's negative.
01:05
If there's a street sweeper on Divide Ridge Road that's kicked up a lot of dust, it looks like smoke.
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Yeah, I'm guessing that's what it was.
01:18
We'll go ahead and call it good and tip engine 533 in surface.
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I-68, Maryland
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