Smoke sighting near monitor rock was drilling steam, Colorado Springs CO
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, smoke was reported near Angel Terrace, Monitor Rock, and Crystal Park. Fire units investigated and found the smoke was actually steam or dust from a drilling operation. No fire was present.
Audio|Heard on: El Paso CO Fire-Tac Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
Angel Terrace,
00:01
Battalion One from Engine Three.
00:02
We just went down Angel Terrace to take a look at the vantage point.
00:05
Whatever it is, it's up above that.
00:08
So we're going to go back up to the monitor rock area, drive that and see if we can locate it.
00:12
It's already dissipated.
00:15
Okay, we're going to get the drone up and try to get a better look up there.
00:19
Battalion One from dispatch.
00:22
A firm, if they want to search kind of along that ridge that goes in between Angel Terrace and the top of Monitor Rock where that original house was.
00:29
That's about where we saw it.
00:31
We just can't exactly locate it.
00:35
Dispatch, go ahead.
00:36
We have another call coming in.
00:37
The call is built for 30th Street and West Uintah, but the reporting party is saying on the north side of Highway 24 going up the pass, they are seeing smoke due west from that location.
00:48
Copy that.
00:50
Command, this is 960.
00:52
Go ahead. Yeah, I've got a good view from up here in Crystal Park.
00:55
It is not in the quarry at approximately half a mile east of the quarry.
01:03
Appears to be a dead-end street.
01:06
Okay, are you still staged with that tender?
01:08
I'm at an upper switchback in 960, yes.
01:11
Okay, thank you.
01:12
Battalion One, Engine Three.
01:16
Go ahead.
01:17
Okay.
01:18
Looking at things, I'm looking down from the top of Monitor Rock.
01:22
I see the dust from the quarry area.
01:25
What we saw a couple minutes ago was a pure white steam slash smoke that has now dissipated.
01:32
So we're sitting up on Monitor Rock.
01:35
I'm watching the dust from the quarry, but we're going to sit here for a minute and see if we can locate what else we saw.
01:42
Yeah, I agree.
01:43
It doesn't appear to be dust from the quarRY, but it appears to be starting and stopping.
01:49
So Jay's going to get the drone up, and we're right below you.
01:54
Received. We're going to sit stable for a minute and kind of watch all directions, see if we can catch it.
01:59
Engine five from Manitou Fire.
02:02
Go for engine five.
02:04
Yes, sir. I know you said you were going to sit up there and look all directions.
02:08
We've got it coming up again currently,
02:13
and it's probably a half a mile or more southwest of the tower.
02:19
Engine three from engine five, did you copy?
02:22
Battalion one, engine.
02:25
Okay,
02:26
I've got eyes on it now.
02:28
Directly at the end of Angel Terrace area.
02:32
Something I can't tell if it's smoke, it does appear to be smoke, but it keeps coming and going.
02:39
If somebody wants to real quick head to the end of A Terrace to see if we can get good eyes, I'm gonna stay here and keep eyes to see if that's where it is.
02:50
Battalion One, AP Two.
02:53
I'm directly overhead.
02:54
It's a drilling rig.
02:56
Looks like they're doing some kind of a drilling operation.
02:59
Definitely producing what we've been seeing.
03:02
There's no issue here.
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This transcript is automatically generated by AI from live dispatch audio. Dispatch communications may include background noise, overlapping speakers, or rapidly evolving situations, and automated transcription may not capture all details or context.
Location mentioned:
Monitor Rock Ln, Colorado Springs, CO 80904
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