Wildfire reported near Old Forge Creek Circle mountain, Watauga County NC
WildfireFirefighters reported a visible wildfire on a mountain near Old Forge Creek Circle in Watauga County. The fire is not a controlled burn. Crews staged nearby to locate the source and confirm the situation. A nearby house appears empty and the fire is just above a meadow behind a brick house.
Audio|Source: Watauga County Fire, EMS and Rescue, Boone and Blowing Rock Fire
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Transcript:
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If you'll stand by at the end of Old Forge Creek Circle, there is a fire on the mountain,
00:05
but it's over the mountain.
00:06
We're actually up for that one mile driveway up the road from my station are, and you can see it from up here.
00:17
PAM4, can you tell where it's at?
00:22
Got the M4 will be on the Old Forge Creek Circle side of the mountain, but it's way up on top.
00:31
06 back out, Forge Creek area, Forge Creek Circle.
00:35
We'll be staging around here for a few minutes, see if we can figure out where this fire's at.
00:41
Call me.
00:45
Go ahead.
01:02
Do you remember when we saw fire up behind the brick house right there?
01:10
I do.
01:14
It's just above that meadow.
01:16
We'll have to go in there and go up in that field, but it's just above that metal.
01:24
Tim Ford, are you at it, or can you tell if it's control byron or what?
01:32
It's not a control burn.
01:34
I'm across the mountain.
01:35
I'm up at the cabin on the other side of the road so I can see it.
01:38
I can see it across the way, but that's where it's at behind that brick house.
01:43
You can see the meadow and then it was above in.
01:50
Understood. I'll go back down there that brick house and see if I can locate anybody.
01:56
I think that house is empty right now, but I believe you can go up that hill and go into that field.
02:01
You might be able to see it there.
02:07
I'm not sure this truck will go up in there if it's as like it was when he's in there before.
02:16
We're on our way.
02:19
20201s to interrupts as well.
02:25
Understood.
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Watauga County, NC
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