Fire department called to extinguish smoky bonfire near gravel pit, East Jordan MI
Fire & ArsonFire department received a call about a bonfire still smoking heavily near a gravel pit off Thornton Road. The caller tried to extinguish it with water but was unsuccessful and requested fire department help to put out the fire completely. Responders are coordinating access through narrow trails with ash falling in the area.
Audio|Source: Straits Area Public Safety
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Transcript:
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I'm walking into the swamp, trying to find the edge.
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There's a lot of ash falling in here. You might want to kind of be thinking about setting up a flight for morning.
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60 central station three,
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fire.
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I got a report that off of the Thornton Road, there's a gravel pit,
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and the caller says there evidently was a big party there last night, and the bonfire is still smoking pretty heavy.
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He tried to put it out with like 15 gallons of water, and he can't get it out,
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requesting the fire department to put it out completely.
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He will meet you at C-28 when you get close to show you where the gravel pit is.
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I'll talk about.
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5431 from 5488 55 from 3mph 3mph 3mph 3 County name you clear at 14 central central 4i0 central 404 3 40 alpha 3
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If you guys can go straight through the intersection, and then I go over on the other side of BCP,
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uh...
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On C.
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Copy out the vehicle 1407.
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Central Alpha 161 on CCE 911.
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Alpha-1-161-1-0-1.
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Arrival Henry Ford.
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1014.
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1658, cloud 157.
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Yeah, God.
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Yeah, Brian, I think we can see the two-track that you win. It's like a hardwood two-track.
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We got Amy in front of us heading north, so you want us to sit here?
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Yeah, the trail's pretty narrow in spots.
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I still haven't been able to get to the fire's edge yet.
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All right, copy, we'll just kind of stay here then for now.
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Location mentioned:
2nd St, East Jordan, MI 49727
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