Report of possible hillside fire near Oak Street

Heard on: Mesa CO Law Dispatch Group Calls

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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.

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Yes, sir. (number withheld) Oak Street.

00:03

RPC seeing active flames west of town at the top of the mountain.

00:07

Hard to tell how far up the mountain.

00:10

Still gathering further.

00:14

SO12, I copy.

00:15

It's likely the solar lights on the American flag on the hillside, but I'll head that way and check it out.

00:24

All right, copy. Did you want me to hold off on fire?

00:29

If it's way up on the hillside,

00:32

I don't know.

00:35

I'm in Colona, so depending on how confident this person is that there are actually flames,

00:41

maybe get fire going.

00:43

It'll be a little bit before I get there.

00:46

I copy. He's also advising he says he sees the flames wiggling around.

00:52

Yeah, with the flag blown in the wind, it often looks like flames.

00:57

But there's a chance it is a fire.

01:01

Go ahead and get fire going.

7/16/2026 09:14 PM

Fire

N Oak St, Ouray, CO 81427

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, dispatch received a report of possible flames on a hillside near Oak Street west of town. Responders discussed that the lights illuminating a flag may be causing the appearance of flames but requested fire units to respond in case it is an actual fire.