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Firefighters battle explosions near theater in Austin, Austin TX

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Fire & Arson

Reported: 12/30/2025 07:09 PM

Theatre Pass, Austin, TX 78704

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to explosions and a fire in a wooded area near a theater and nearby apartments in Austin. Firefighters used aerial and deck gun equipment to control the blaze and coordinated access from different sides of the location.

Audio|Heard on: Travis TX Fire-Tac Group Calls

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01:10

Transcript:

00:00

Just be careful sending anyone into the woods.

00:02

There's still a lot of explosions going off down there.

00:07

Crazy.

00:10

Engine 40, Ladder 40.

00:14

Engine 40, go ahead.

00:18

We send the brush.

00:19

Stuck on the trail, we're not able to get back to that.

00:22

Correct?

00:26

Will do, but it's going to be a pretty long stretch.

00:28

We're on the AMC side right now, about to try and reach you with this deck gun.

00:35

Let me see.

00:38

We're getting pretty good knockdowns of the deck gun from here now.

00:44

Engine 40, ladder 40?

00:47

Ladder 40 from engine 40.

00:51

Go ahead for ladder 40.

00:54

We might have.

00:55

Better success putting up the stick on the aerial from the apartment side, and then us feeding you.

01:01

Right now we're knocking it down, but that might have a little more direct reach.

01:08

We'll start putting the aerial up.

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Theatre Pass, Austin, TX 78704

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