Small vegetation fire under bridge on East 16th

Heard on: CalFire MMU & Local Area Dispatch

01:42

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

If you can advise, can you guys be on scene if there is a working fire? I do have another caller calling from 16th and Yosemite Parkway exit now, advising smoke underneath the bridge as well.

00:08

I just want to make sure there are two separate incidents.

00:13

For UTL at this location, we'll go to the other section.

00:21

Emergency copy.

00:22

The 1st two callers did ping in that area on 59 to 16.

00:26

We did just get a 2nd caller for the 2nd location, also pinging at Yosemite Parkway.

00:34

52 copy traffic.

00:35

We'll be starting that direction.

00:43

Mariposa copies.

00:44

I'll transfer you both engines over to that call.

00:58

Battalion One, Engine Fifty One, and Engine Fifty Two, respond to vegetation fire at East Sixteenth Street and Yosemite Parkway.

01:18

Sign was that scene.

01:20

There's a bridge underneath.

01:22

Engine two, take the bridge on your side.

01:24

Engine one, take the bridge on the right.

01:28

Engine two, copy right side bridge.

01:32

01:38

16th Street, look for Yosemite Parkway.

01:41

Small fire in the bridge.

2026-09-13 08:23 UTC

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E 16th St & Yosemite Pkwy, Merced, CA 95340

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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a reported small vegetation fire with smoke under a bridge near East 16th Street and Yosemite Parkway in Merced. Units were assigned to check both sides of the bridge for the fire.

Small vegetation fire under bridge on East 16th

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