Vegetation fire near Tracy Road with blocked railroad crossing, Wood County OH


Fire crews responded to a vegetation fire with several ignition points along Oregon Road near Tracy Road and railroad tracks. The fire had large flames near an electric tower. The railroad crossing on Walbridge near East Broadway was blocked, stopping train traffic for safety.
Audio|Source: Wood County Fire Grounds
05:30
Transcript:
00:00
Agent 74 to all incoming crews, the vegetation fire on Oregon Road.
00:06
Looks like we have multiple ignition points at different areas.
00:11
We're not unseen yet, but there's more to the east, possibly closer to Tracy Road.
00:21
Chief 75 Fire[1] Dispatch.
00:25
I'm on scene here. Units, you're going to have to get to it from the rail yard, probably from Tracy Road.
00:31
I am at the shack, blocked by access by the fence here.
00:34
Do have some large flames here, close to an electric tower here.
00:40
I'm going to get a better side up here once I get to the rail yard.
00:52
First thing is clear, enter from the road.
01:02
All lake units, the railroad crossing on Walbridge, just north of East Broadway is blocked, you're going to have to go around.
01:19
Chief 75 into 74 will be approaching on Tracy Road on the Alberta ship.
01:25
Okay,
01:28
that's clear.
01:30
Chief 75 to Mini Pumper 74.
01:34
Go ahead for 74.
01:38
If you guys can somehow get access to those tracks from the Oregon roadside or before that, it's probably the best way we're going to get ahead of it.
01:50
That's clear, Oregon, road from track.
01:56
C-74, C-75.
01:58
Are you headed to Tracy Rose then?
02:02
I am at Tracy now at the Trax.
02:04
It's on the Lake Township side as well.
02:06
We've got a pretty good stretch here of the fire.
02:09
It's actually right behind the plant here on Tracy.
02:15
Okay, I'll go back to Oregon and see if I can find good access to the brush truck.
02:20
Okay,
02:23
I'm gonna try to go down these tracks.
02:24
I do have a train on the track, it looks like it is, stop.
02:28
Okay.
02:34
Owens by the baseball field.
02:39
Tension 74, come back out and come back out to my location and I can be able to access it there.
02:46
The dispatch 3074 is going to be clear, Belmont Farms being routed with a fire voted first.
02:58
Sir, dispatch.
02:59
I am the guy representative here from CSX, the train traffic is stopped.
03:04
Engine 74, if you can hit this, try to get to this fire here, we've probably got to do a long lay on the east side.
03:11
Chief, if you can kind of direct the traffic for the fire between Oregon and Tracy.
03:23
Affirmism, I'm looking for an access point now.
03:37
275, come to you, stretch to the east down that line, or pull back in here?
03:44
You got better access there, engine 74, vote drive through there, you're probably going to have better luck.
03:53
Rush 27, go ahead with your traffic.
04:01
Do you want us to oppose from Tricky Road?
04:05
If you get Tracy Road, I'll have you start working on Tracy Road towards Oregon Road.
04:11
Engine 74 might be able to handle the fire here on the east side.
04:15
Engine 74, probably use that pumper monitor.
04:19
That's clear. If we can get close enough, we're going to...
04:26
You can show Engine 38 and MediC 38 and out of that end service.
04:34
Page 38, Medics, 38, both in route 1455.
04:43
Head back, so cross-stop for a runner.
04:48
You didn't call you run a readable, can you repeat?
04:53
Cross 754 on page.
04:58
Third question 74 is on C, 1455.
05:06
Chief 74 to Rush 74.
05:13
Alright, Rush.
05:15
Maybe we can get to it from the old fresh products.
05:28
10338 on scene 1456.
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Tracy Rd, Lake Township, OH
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