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Small vegetation fire sparks at Big Cottonwood Canyon, Brighton UT
A small 12x12 ft vegetation fire appeared near South Brighton Loop Road, spreading southeast; firefighters later confirmed it was a controlled burn and launched an investigation.
Audio|Heard on: Salt Lake City / County Police, Fire and UHP
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Transcript:
00:00
At Brighton LVS and Big Cottonwood.
00:04
8160 South Brighton Loop Road, 124-3-5E,
00:09
8160 South Brighton Loop Road, 124-35E.
00:15
Complaints advising,
00:17
they can see fire from the south of this location, possibly a tree,
00:24
advised it's about a 12 by 12 foot area that's on fire, and they can see 12-foot flames.
00:32
It's spreading southeast.
00:34
The complainants on scene will be waiting for responders to dispatch at 1725.
00:46
Why don't we come?
00:52
We'll clear that stop then, the 46.
00:57
No, this one, I'm gonna be honest, to be a 1050.
01:03
Ambulance 75 respond to sick patients at 3415 south-900 west respond on deck fire 2 ladder 42 and metapambulence 75 respond to sick patient at 3415 south 900 west respond on deck fire 2 time on 1726.
01:31
Brown eyed, brown shaggy hair, braces within the long as left cheek, wearing all black with a beanie that has blue writing on it.
01:39
Also, the white and green-edged turtle's backpack, left from near South White's Way, also added to Ogden, VFS, B.S., volume since then, till, 8, runaway in 1726.
01:53
I'm blocking the far left lane, I'm just a flip now.
02:00
2,000 south, magnetar southbound getting flipped at 1747.
02:04
2,000 south.
02:11
Copy 3,000 south, that's 1727.
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2027.
02:16
162 on 10.
02:22
POT was 62, 1727?
02:35
Select 35-1060.
02:41
Northbound, 1300 South, I-15, on-ramp, 2-hotel, 2-Holk, X-ray, 4.
02:52
These are my choice.
02:54
Formo 17.
02:58
I'll see it's late here in a second.
03:00
Pickup truck pulling a trailer.
03:04
Are you a 201 that you center with them?
03:11
Second.
03:16
Contacting Sacri Ramon.
03:22
7-07-West pentacola circle,
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not to 10 minutes.
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It was a male that was dumpster diving in a dumpster near construction site.
03:37
He left in a...
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...a...
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...a... ...
03:44
or two.
03:53
FireMedic and G107, seen, we've got a controlled burn going.
03:57
We're going to investigate it.
04:00
Just be Brighton, Command.
04:03
Copy controlled burn, Brighton, Command at 1729.
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