Shed fire spreads to nearby trees and brush in Cosmos, Cosmos MN
Fire & ArsonA shed fire surrounded by tires and a woodpile was reported near 520th Avenue in Cosmos. The fire spread to nearby trees and brush due to wind. Multiple fire departments responded to fight the fire. No injuries or criminal activity were reported.
Audio|Source: Meeker County Sheriff, Police, Fire, and EMS
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Transcript:
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You are needed mutual aid[1], Tasmus Township, near 520th Avenue for a structure fire.
00:08
Again, you are needed mutual aid[1], near 520th Avenue, Tasmus Township for a structure fire.
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Meeker 7, clear at 1357.
00:26
I was inspired to dispatch.
00:32
Go ahead.
00:36
We'll be enrolled shortly with a couple of people.
00:39
Do you know the status of Lake Lillian or Grove City?
00:44
Grove City is en route. Lake Lillian has been dispatched as well as Litchfield Fire. Let us know when you're en route, please.
00:53
We have five people, tanker, pumper, and equipment, man.
01:07
Litchfield Fire, copies the page.
01:11
Let's fill that copy. We're using Channel 7. Channel 7 please,
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1400.
01:35
Copy Grove City en route 1400.
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Fletchfield Fire to Cosmos.
01:45
Cosmos, go ahead.
01:50
Primary pumper or should we roll our aerial?
01:57
I'm not sure what the structure even is.
02:00
Bring the primary pumper, I think.
02:06
I was a roll aerial with this wind.
02:18
Litchfield fire copies on our aerial.
02:22
We have other personnel if we need anything else.
02:31
And four from Cosmouth. Sounds good.
02:34
Thank you.
02:38
I'd roll tankers, Litchfield too.
02:42
Speaker Dispatch all units responding to the Cosmos Fire.
02:46
Party on scene initially reported that this is a shed fire that was surrounded by tires with a woodpile nearby.
02:55
So there's also a 40-foot shed that is nearby,
02:59
or excuse me, 40 feet away is another structure.
03:02
There is a south wind that is taking the heat all the way to the north.
03:06
But at this time it's a shed surrounded by tires. This is not a house, it's a shed.
03:36
All unit, Deputy Anstein advising that the wind is currently taken the fire away from the buildings, but there is a very large grove of trees.
03:46
It is a large brush pile and log pile and trees are now starting to catch fire that's in a grove next to it.
Police codes explained
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[1]
mutual aid: Assistance request/response to or from another agency or jurisdiction
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Location mentioned:
Near 520th Ave, Cosmos, MN 56228
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