Fire response with helicopter closes highway near Stevenson, Stevenson AL
Fire & ArsonFire and emergency crews responded near Stevenson on US-72 with a helicopter landing on scene. Both sides of the highway were shut down due to the incident. A live crossing hazard was confirmed 200 yards east of the area on Highway 72.
Audio|Source: Stevenson Fire
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Transcript:
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Stevenson Fire, go ahead.
00:02
You will ask the Airback 3-2 to switch over to our fire channel when they get within three minutes out.
00:12
10-4[1], they're,
00:15
they should be headed back towards y'all's way.
00:18
They couldn't get in touch their dispatch. We gave them the coordinates.
00:22
They weren't able to copy the coordinates as given.
00:26
So they actually went a little, I guess, north of y'all's location towards the Tennessee State line, so they're headed back down towards y'all.
00:37
This is fire receipt, thank you.
00:46
132, I've got a visual of a chopper coming west up towards the scene here.
00:54
10-4[1]. State this fire, status fire, area back 3-2.
01:05
132, I believe that's the side of the road down.
01:14
Safe fire air airing three-two.
01:23
We got both sides of the highway shut down.
01:27
And 32's on the ground.
01:39
Fire, Jacket, 911.
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On fire channel.
01:43
Go ahead, Stevenson.
01:45
1040 to speak to 3-2 on North Florida anymore.
01:49
Advise them east of the ham and said they do have a live crossing. We was not able to give them an update because we couldn't come in contact with them on the radio, but they do have a live crossing 72, about 200 yards, to the east of their location at this time.
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10-4: Acknowledgment (Message received)
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US-72, Stevenson, AL
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