Crews search for remote fire near Bircher Mountain
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Ritchie and Doddridge Counties Police, Fire, and EMS
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425, E20 is on scene in the area.
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Just met up with the landowner.
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We're gonna try to come up with an access point.
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Okay, 1807.
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Copy that.
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01 to all responding units.
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Once you get on Birch Run, continue straight.
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Once you come up to the residence on Birch Run,
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you're going to veer off to the left.
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You're going to end up in a hay field.
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There's going to be a cone.
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We set out a cone for everybody to see.
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Just keep around the ridge.
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This is solid zero point.
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Take over, thank you.
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Three zero one.
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Two zero one, go ahead.
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Silver Run.
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Come back on that.
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Two zero one, am I going to go past Benson Hill?
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Direction's definitely cut out.
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Five eight three central, over.
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I will
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drive 1813 .
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Truck three to truck four.
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Did you come up through Silver Run? Caro's having trouble retreat.
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If you're one, I'll respond.
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We can only get side by side so far.
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It's probably going to be on foot.
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We have to get back to the fire, but we can't see it.
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Bircher Mountain is going to be off Silver Run.
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We're setting up a staging area here at the Bircher Farm.
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Okay, is Bircher Road marked?
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It is not.
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It should be your 1st actual road off of Silver Run on the right.
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Okay.
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There's gravel goes up over the hill.
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Continue straight.
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It'll be here off a few times.
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Just keep going straight.
02:47
When you get to their house, veer to the left.
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When you veer to the left, you're going to come up to a hay field.
02:52
We dropped the cone.
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Just keep coming straight.
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You'll see our trucks.