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Car fire spreads to brush under large tree in Hilo 

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Hilo, HI 96720
A car caught fire and the flames spread to the brush nearby, posing a risk of further fire under a large tree. Crews are trying to control the situation to prevent it from reaching homes.
Audio|Source: Hawaii County Public Safety - Hamakua/North Hilo
04:49

Transcript:
Central 3-1. Standing back. 10-8[1]. 101, so processing. 10-4[2]. Central 336. 10-8. Getting back for processing. 10-4. Central 3-1-2. Central 3-1-2. Car fire, strike the brush. We've got to continue to about a 30-by-thirty area. Carfire is burning underneath a big tree. We'll continue. Oh, I'm coming in there to probably need to water and more. Okay, thank you. Okay, thank you. Oh, sorry, that's right there. I'm sorry, they're heading. Yeah, that's my head. We need a sound here. We need a sound here. We need a sound here. It was a car fire spread to the bush. 3-1 process can you copy that hitting central view that location on whitefield road again please it's going to be just west of the two mile marker okay oh connect 16 response for seizure this is uh goodwill uh 6818 for zero one clover road medic medic 16 response for seizure goodwill 688-18401-40 and now 1330 Control brush truck 8 alpha responding. Happy brush 8 out for responding. Next 16, somebody at the Lakeville Village at the Littleville, 5-3 female, post-Ecto, still coming out of seizure. 16, coffee, thank you. It's coming into Leoa Street brush fire. This is a car fire burning underneath a huge tree. Fire is about 20 by 40 at this time, but fire is now starting to catch a tree. I'm going to eat consuming water trying to keep it from getting the home. tree from top to bottom. All units coming in, I need tanker 17, I'm tanker 9 and rush up 17 to come in all the way to see you come to the road that turns down with the par line and keep coming straight. We're trying to put some kind of marker so you don't know the way to turn. 9 copy. Everything copy. 8. Oh. Company 21, medic 7, response location not feeling well. 731088. The road drive. Copy 21. Next, seven. Ifan for patient not feeling wrong, 731088, legal drive, time is 13383. For a minute 16 on C. Abbe 66A. Control 3-1, often on that. 10.4. Second eye for Captain 8, Tinker 9 is in the mechanic shop. It's Rastruck 9 and Gen 9 responding. About 10 to 15 minutes out. Okay, copy. Frank Engine 8, when that first off-road vehicle comes in, Stamham Street, and we run our supply line open the intersections, so they can just talk to us and give us water. We use a brush rocket as our packed vehicle. Copy that. Medicaid personnel from Captain 8. It's not that far in, actually. This is right past where you turn the home to the power line. You guys want to walk in, it's not that far. Medicaid personnel copy. Oh, EMP8 is finally making her way in. I just moved the medical side, mixed engine tape staging. Okay, copy, you can say we'll make do with the since then we got. We just waited for water, conserving to least we're in the water.

Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
10-8: In Service
[2]
10-4: Acknowledgement

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Hilo, HI 96720

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