Police respond to fire at encampment under Highway 167, Kent WA
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, officers responded to a report of a group of people with a small fire in a tent at a large encampment under Highway 167 along the Interurban Trail in Kent. The fire appeared to be a warming fire and was not spreading; fire response was held until police arrived.
Audio|Heard on: King WA Law Dispatch Group Calls
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Transcript:
00:00
PSERN is calling in unwanted subjects on the Interurban Trail under Highway 167, so a large transient encampment, approximately 12 subjects, and they have some kind of fire inside a tent in the tarped area with heavy smoke.
00:13
We have fire started as well.
00:16
(number withheld).
00:18
You can give that to the (number withheld) units.
00:21
Copy.
00:22
And (number withheld) to dispatch.
00:24
Is the fire an emerging fire or they just have one inside the tent?
00:29
Possibly just a warming fire inside the tent.
00:32
They're not saying that it's spreading to anything.
00:34
Okay, then can you keep the call on us? We're going to be delayed and can you disregard fire until we go? Copy.
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Location mentioned:
Interurban Trail, Kent, WA 98032
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