Traffic accident with possible injuries on I-40 eastbound, Guilford County NC


A traffic accident occurred on I-40 eastbound near mile marker 208, involving multiple fire and law enforcement units. There are reports of possible injuries and additional traffic issues reported nearby on 421 southbound and the county line area.
Audio|Source: Guilford Metro Fire
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Transcript:
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Engine 16, engine 20, and Kernersville engine 42, 20E, I-40 East, 1050[1], and known injuries, fire and law response only.
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Cross streets are on ramp I-40 East and off ramp I-40 East, TACALA.
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My needles.
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It just involved a little bit of the, like, vinyl, uh, bottom floor, like the patio, like the vinyl spindles, and a bit of the structure at the bottom.
00:27
Was there anything need to floor? The suspicion would be possibly a cigarette butt, but I haven't seen anything that should summon on that patio.
00:38
So it looks like somebody was smoking, discard a cigarette.
00:40
You can have fire from that.
00:41
Yeah, so that's the same patio that is involved, right? I mean, on the outlet is a cigarette butt, so that's just drawn conclusion.
00:50
I don't see one in the pine needle bed, but if I had to guess.
00:55
If you've got cigarette butts and active smokers spot, I think that's a good guess that that's what it is.
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And that's fine.
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If you know what that is, then you don't need me for it.
01:03
Ten-four, and we just, uh,
01:04
yes, leave it as like a structure fire and estimate the cost of distance side and stuff that's involved.
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Ten-four, appreciate.
01:11
Engine 16, furniture at an engine 42,
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probably advised 40 Eastbound at a 208 mile marker on a 1050[1] and 29 Bravo 5, came in for SHP, but they're also advising 421 southbound, somewhere between 421 south down at the county line to 40 at the 208 mile marker.
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1050: Traffic Accident
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