Illegal burn reported on hill near Brooks Road

Heard on: Stevens County Public Safety

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

00:00

Fire District 13, respond to the area (number withheld) Brooks Road for reports of a fire on the mountaintop, 033.

00:15

Fire District 13, respond (number withheld) Brooks Road for reports of a fire on the mountaintop, 033.

00:27

120 responding.

00:30

033.

00:31

We're near this area.

00:37

You could send somebody that way.

00:39

Are you needing them?

00:45

There's nothing here that's burnable legally, and this is the 2nd time they've done it.

01:02

10-9.

01:09

Blue Creek Fire chief on scene is requesting law enforcement advising it's illegal garbage that they were burning and this is the 2nd time.

01:22

Life Flight 15, I'll still be advised 18-minute ETA once activated.

01:27

They are on standby at this time.

01:35

Zero thirty-five.

01:41

North Fire 1301 responding.

01:50

Responding to the area of (number withheld) Brooks Road.

01:54

Reporting party was looking south of her address.

01:57

Could see fire on top of the hill.

01:59

Worried it's a wildfire.

2026-10-16 07:31 UTC

Fire

Brooks Rd, Evans, WA 99126

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews and law enforcement responded to a reported fire on a mountaintop near Brooks Road after a caller saw flames on a hill and feared a wildfire. Fire officials later indicated it appeared to be an illegal garbage burn, reportedly a repeat incident.