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Small grass fire reported on Airport Blvd in AustinAustin TX

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Airport Blvd, Austin, TX

A small grass fire was reported along Airport Boulevard in Austin. Officers tried to extinguish it with a unit fire extinguisher before the fire department arrived. It appeared the fire was started intentionally by someone walking south on Airport Boulevard. The fire was not growing when officers arrived and they awaited the arrival of Austin Police Department and Fire Department units.

Audio|Source: Travis County Law Enforcement
01:47
Transcript:
00:00
Small grassfire.
00:01
I'm going to have dispatch try to notify AFD.
00:05
We're going to see if we can't put it out with the fire extinguisher from the unit.
00:08
We'll advise.
00:10
Yeah, far. Thank you, sir.
00:16
We'll be checking the southbound side from area.
00:21
The other units will be checking roughly the northbound and the high school area.
00:29
Receive.
00:36
The advice, if you can also notify APD.
00:41
Apparently this is probably set intentionally in somebody's walking south on Airport Boulevard.
00:46
No description.
00:48
10-4[1].
00:54
12-17, I'm clear.
00:57
Definitely.
00:58
I didn't hear anything.
01:14
Maybe I found that information to them.
01:20
I caught you off.
01:21
What was the beginning of your message?
01:24
I passed by, advised they saw the individual that started fire and they were on 21 with 911,
01:30
so they may already have the subject's description.
01:34
Okay.
01:37
Okay.
01:40
To be advised, we don't have an extinguisher on the vehicle.
01:42
We're just standing by for APD, but it's not growing any.
01:47
Okay. Okay.
Police codes explained
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[1]
10-4: Acknowledgment or affirmative; message received and understood.

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Airport Blvd, Austin, TX

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