Grass fire reported near Broadway and 53rd in Wichita


A grass fire was reported near Broadway and 53rd Street in Wichita. No one was injured, and there were no nearby structures threatened. The fire is now under control.
Audio|Source: Wichita and Sedgwick County Fire Resource / OPS-1
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Transcript:
Offs to engine 3 for this level on grass fire, Broadway and 53rd. Everybody's safe, no injuries. Looks like the fire is starting on the north-west corner. No structures nearby. We need to check this address. They're seeing there is 1 at 61st, 1 at 53rd. Copy that. Let me check. This is Battalion 13. You can start station 32 to check out on the 161 in 601 row. 104 Battalion 32. It looks up. I feel like the calling party on both of these is going to be at 53rd Street. We'll be checking 53rd. All right, copy. If we don't need anything, then we don't need us in our truck. Office, we'll stand by for Engine 3. Offside Park City, PD, we'll let them know where we get there. Stand for. Offs to engine four. Engine four, go ahead. Hey, we do have a unit M route to you. Stand four, thank you. You're welcome. Engine 10. Engine 10. The alarm here is going to be false. Also, spoke with staff on teams. They're having issues with their alarm. They're going to contact their alarm company, get it sorted out. Was that a false alarm due to... faulty alarm system. Stand for. Optage 3. Andrew 3. It's under control. We've got a few blackened areas of grass. We don't need Park City PD. Copy that. Under control, looks like that pole fire call is going to be at the same location. The calling party was pinging at 503rd. Do you need Evergie or...
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Location mentioned:
S Broadway & E 53rd St S, Wichita, KS 67216
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