Vehicle emitting heavy smoke on highway shoulder, Ruskin FL
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Fire & ArsonAs discussed during the dispatch call, a vehicle is emitting heavy smoke on the right shoulder of the southbound lanes near the 19th Avenue overpass in Ruskin, Florida.
Audio|Heard on: Hillsborough FL Fire-Tac Group Calls
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03:29
Transcript:
00:00
EDC2 Engine 47 Ladder 3 is going to be southbound lanes near the 19th Avenue overpass.
00:08
You get a vehicle on the right shoulder with heavy, heavy smoke.
00:13
There you go.
00:15
1456.
00:18
NJ 47, you have a...
00:20
PLS4 EDC, you can go ahead and mark this at facility.
00:25
PL4, arrival 14.
00:27
EDC engine 21.
00:30
NG21.
00:32
My MDT is thrown an error code and will not release this from this call.
00:36
Could you punch this in available, please?
00:38
21 into 1450s.
00:41
ELS 2.
00:44
And we copy our call at Saddle Ridge Street.
00:49
20-minute ETA-200.
00:52
Copy D.L.S.
00:53
20 minutes at Saddle Ridge, 15-1.
00:55
Ladder 3 U.T.
00:58
We just pulled up here right by a silver car that was off the side of the road.
01:02
They just got back on the interstate and took off.
01:05
We can cancel 29.
01:06
We're going to continue south.
01:08
Make sure we'll have anything else.
01:11
On DGC2.
01:13
Engine 47.
01:16
We have this on camera.
01:19
We have it on the 241 camera,
01:22
right shoulders.
01:23
This thing is just past the 19th Avenue and overpassed.
01:27
Their vehicle is still there unless I've got a big delay.
01:30
We're heading south.
01:32
We just saw a silver car.
01:33
We just passed.
01:34
We tried to pull over to make sure it wasn't them.
01:36
They took off.
01:37
We're continuing southbound at this time.
01:41
Who's the silver ball body convertible?
01:44
Was it a silver Volvo convertible?
01:47
No, this looks like a silver, four-door sedan.
01:50
I'm not sure they're making model.
01:53
Kathy, from where's the collar thing, you should still be on southbound? Right, engine 47, did you see it go on northbound from the other direction?
02:02
This engine 47, EDC.
02:05
Yeah, it's not.
02:07
We're on seeing southbound.
02:10
The car is...
02:11
On fire, fully involved,
02:14
heavy traffic.
02:17
It's just right on the other side of the overpass.
02:25
Engine 47 on the other side of the overpass, car fully involved.
02:30
Easy tangent.
02:33
Engine 47, ladder 3.
02:37
Engine 47, ladder 3.
02:41
Larry back.
02:44
Weldon.
02:46
I'm on seeing here with the vehicle.
02:47
I'm going to sit here with a vehicle.
02:49
How much traffic you do run into? You're going to be stuck in heavy traffic.
02:54
I was going to go ahead and...
02:55
I get traffic down to one lane.
02:58
I was going to block the lane.
02:59
I'm going to go ahead.
03:02
I see you now.
03:04
We're coming up on the outside.
03:05
We're coming up on the outside.
03:08
Great, DPC, NJ1 is false alarm.
03:12
H-47, Latter 3.
03:14
How much water do you have?
03:17
500 gallons.
03:20
Ladder 3 is H-47.
03:22
I'm going to send my firefighter over there with you to assist you.
03:26
If you need our water, we'll see if I didn't need that water.
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Location mentioned:
19th Ave NW i, Ruskin, FL 33570
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