Fire crews respond to large grass fire near Rivers Edge Drive, York County SC
WildfireFirefighters are working to contain a large grass and brush fire near Rivers Edge Drive and Dobies Bridge Road in York County, South Carolina. The fire is spreading toward the road and nearby wooded areas due to strong winds. Multiple fire engines, tankers, and forestry units are on scene and additional resources are en route. Authorities have staged units along Dobies Bridge Road and may close the road as needed to manage the incident.
Audio|Source: York County Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
Command Firecom, go ahead and start me, Flint Hills, Grassstroke, Merck's Traffert.
00:03
Copy.
00:06
Command from engine six.
00:09
Good.
00:13
All right, currently we got water on the header of this.
00:16
It's starting to burn towards the road,
00:19
into the tree line.
00:21
We may have to bump the tanker.
00:25
I got two tankers coming to you.
00:30
Command Firecom, go ahead and start me, Fort Mill, latter, two.
00:34
Copy.
00:36
Grass truck, that of water.
00:41
Also, go ahead and give me a five-minute page for this,
00:46
for the working grass fire, please.
00:51
Command, what's the five-minute page? Disconnect the hose from the grass truck for the second grass truck coming in.
00:56
Back this up.
01:04
Fort Mill,
01:06
letter two, priority one, fire, grass-all emergency, (number withheld), Rivers-Ege Tribe, stat 21.
01:15
Form a letter two.
01:21
Command, any amendment, Rock One.
01:28
I can use some extra manpower down here.
01:32
Grass is out of the way, he's empty.
01:34
We're going to be extending the red line with our green line from the grass truck to make a push on this header which is working towards the road.
01:44
All right, Cobb, everybody just fires pushing towards engine two.
01:51
That's affirmative wind is coming north to south.
01:54
I believe we got the header knocked down on this side.
01:56
It's kind of pushing into the wood line towards the road at this time.
02:03
All right, copy.
02:05
Command, River Ugrass 1.
02:16
When you get here, I need you to come down past 4Mill Engine 2 and make your way into the wood line, just pass on our location.
02:25
Command 4Mile Engine 3.
02:27
Come up to this location.
02:31
And you're going to make the left, right however behind the end you've got hard ground.
02:38
You've got hard ground.
02:39
Copy.
02:40
Okay. Okay.
02:41
Okay.
02:43
Okay.
02:45
Agent 2 engineer.
02:48
Go ahead.
02:50
Set down your Y temporarily so we can extend off of this red line, please.
02:58
PowerComp, what will let us do in route?
03:01
Happy.
03:07
Representative Command Firecum.
03:08
How many tankers all have in route?
03:12
I'm showing review tanker 1 is still en route and I think Indian land had a tanker in route as well.
03:19
Copy. Go ahead and start me an additional tanker.
03:21
All right.
03:25
Fire problem.
03:26
That's going to be affirmative any land does have cycle in route.
03:30
Command, where do you want the additional tanker from?
03:34
May I'm giving you the next closest tanker.
03:36
I don't care where you get it from.
03:40
Firecom, Indian Land Tanker 2 will be in route momentarily.
03:44
Copy, thank you.
03:47
Firecom, Indian Land Pressurement, in the route.
03:54
Command, the Fort Mill Letter 2.
03:56
Formal letter 2.
03:59
Command the Fort Mill Ladder 2.
04:02
Go ahead.
04:05
Did the grass truck pick the tanker up from Station 2?
04:10
Negative. If you want to go ahead and drop one and grab it, if you have someone that can grab it.
04:15
Command, River, or formal entity, officer.
04:22
Agent 2, officer, recharge my line, please.
04:26
Manage do officer?
04:30
Okay.
04:32
What do you need, manpower and supplies in your location?
04:36
We can definitely use extra manpower.
04:39
We've got the hose extended now off the Y.
04:42
We're pushing on this header to the right that's headed towards the road.
04:46
Heavy winds,
04:47
stand by, and I'll give you a visual of the northern side.
04:51
All right, if I need to pull these trucks off this road, I need to know as soon as you can.
04:59
sent from inches two.
05:03
Got.
05:07
Got a good vantage point up here on the ridge line, multiple headers and hot spots left and right.
05:13
We're going to need more manpower, more grass truck.
05:17
I got them coming to you.
05:19
Is that Indiana Chiefs, that you?
05:22
All right. Indiana tanker Tuesday in route.
05:26
Happy.
05:31
Anting AISU is out here at the folder.
05:39
Swinolngi 1.
05:41
Swinilion 1.
05:45
Command any land, Taker 1.
05:48
That.
05:50
Taker 1 is on scene.
05:54
All right, come down behind Agent 2,
05:57
and you're going to supply you engine 2.
06:03
Arcombe, you're sending them to tie one foot.
06:08
Copy.
06:11
All right, Tom, put the engine one to the ground.
06:15
Copy.
06:18
Plain the engine one, they requested a tanker.
06:20
Is the tanker in route?
06:27
Negative. They're working against the tanker ground as well.
06:29
Copy.
06:31
Command Park, I'm also going to start me forrestory.
06:34
Copy.
06:37
Execute, Command.
06:39
Go ahead.
06:41
I'm currently in the black, second ridge line.
06:45
We have extension several thousand feet up this ridge line and the power lines, off to the right and the left towards the road and towards the river, multiple spot fires.
06:57
We're going to need much more manpower, more hose line, more grass truck.
07:02
I got me, hold up to Demand Saracom.
07:05
Command, Saracom.
07:17
Hi, Command Firecom.
07:20
Give me a rundown of grass trucks, engines, and tankers that are still in route.
07:26
For Forestry, do you need law enforcement or a plow?
07:30
Plow.
07:31
Copy.
07:35
I'm showing Rivie Tanker 1 in route, Ruby Grass 1 in route, Indian land's got a few units in route, Fort Mill Latter 2 is in route, Fort Mill Flint Hill Engine 1 is in route, and Flint Hill Tanker 1 is in route.
07:50
All right, copy.
07:52
Commandal all incoming units, so I want you to stage your units on Dobby's Bridge Road.
07:57
Firecum also go ahead and get Fort Mill Pied in route.
07:59
They're going to either shut that road down for us, we're going to have multiple units on Dobies Bridge.
08:04
Copy.
08:06
Firecum, any lander.
08:12
Eleven's in route.
08:16
Tanker 1 in route.
08:18
Copy.
08:19
Firecom, Ruby Tanker 1 on scene, River's Edge and Toby's Bridge.
08:24
Copy.
08:26
Plet to let you want to command.
08:29
Good.
08:31
Information only, you have an engine company, a crash truck, and the tanker, and route from Huskiew.
08:40
I copy.
08:43
Institute's command update.
08:46
Go at Institute.
08:49
I'm currently in the black.
08:51
We'll consider under the power lines the black.
08:54
I've got headers in both directions east and west.
08:58
Western side towards the river is currently a thousand feet long, low and slow.
09:02
Eastern side is making its way into some of the canopy towards Dobies Bridge Road.
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Location mentioned:
Rivers Edge Dr, South Carolina 29715
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