Eastbound I-70 Closed Due to Wildfire Operations


Eastbound traffic on Interstate 70 at mile post 205 was closed due to a wildfire. Emergency crews were on scene to manage the situation and reroute drivers.
Audio|Source: Summit and Eagle County Public Safety
05:19
Transcript:
Montrose 4. Charlie, go ahead. There's an ice 70 mile post 210 eastbound. We got a notification from a party, and some of it just asked if we were sending anybody to assist. Montrose 4.3, that's going to be in my area. I'll take it, and I'll be now. Copy. Thank you. Sorry about that, for Charlie 3. 1340. 10. at location number 4. 1547. Can I add you stage into 205 in case we have to shut this down? We have to be done. Summit copy is 15.107. If you're not passed at 205, check you do that as well. what they want from our end the smartest closure points and whatnot. So is our niece, my MBC is down again. Can you show me clear with the report, a contact the suspect, and advised him not to determine the property to work on this vehicle? Still, an aide, I copy. 1348. That was on the east side of the tunnel? No ma'am, I'm sorry, on the west side, somewhere between the tunnel and Silver Farm. I was just informed at the right lane about the 210 Eastbound, or the 210. Okay, copy. I'm in route. Up East, 1749.8. Detain from 9. That's Travis from Seattle. Hey, Battalion 8 from Safety 4. Okay. Yeah, this is one apparatus job. We've got smoldering, knocked down. We'll take water South I-7 first, and then we'll, where we can grab the median first. It doesn't, you can stand everyone else down. I couldn't copy much of that traffic. All I really copied was one vehicle needed. Yeah, one engine job, chief. smoldering, creeping, no activity. I copy one engine needed. Break. All additional units incoming. You guys can stand up. Truck queue copies. Clearing. Truck queue. Division 12. 524, Battalion 8. It's working. Yeah, there needs to do a short safety closure. Yeah, engine 8 wants to close 70s now. We got to close. Wow. Copy. 1351. Copy, closing, eastbound 205. S.O31, did you say wrong soon? Okay, for me. Starting the safety closure. It's that, copy. There's a student. Okay, affirmative. If you're available, that would be great, thanks. Copy. On scene. On the mark will be close. Copy. Some of us 11 can we also notify CSP at that closure? A firm and fortunately 2 is in route but what requesting to know where you want them to go? If you could go to SS31 location, you can take over that closure for now. S11 I copy a 1352. BN 209, 1352.
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I-70, Colorado
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