Large brush fire near South Brownlee Road

Heard on: Reno and Rice County Public Safety

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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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District six, at (number withheld) South Brownlee Road, West Illinois Avenue, and West Blanchard Avenue, brush fire.

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(number withheld) South Brownlee Road, brush fire.

00:18

And we're on page.

00:21

Seven off channel.

00:25

10-4, 661, Ops 3, Ops 3.

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This is going to be for a brush fire.

00:33

Winds are going to be blowing south 7 mph .

00:37

It's going to be right across the road from this home at (number withheld) South Brownlee Road.

00:46

Up here,

00:49

one is one is off of Brownlee Road to the west, and the other one is to the east of Brownlee Road, about a half a mile.

01:08

And 4661 , just for information, they did it like I said, about 40 acres, and your winds are going to be south for the miles per hour.

01:15

Do you want me to repage district six for more?

01:23

Four.

01:26

If you go ahead and get district or sir, station 70 , page out as well.

01:37

Four hundred and ninety-three to 600 and sixty-one.

01:45

Yeah, station four is just finishing up with our fire over here by Abbeyville.

01:56

Would you like us to assist you?

7/31/2026 03:13 AM

Wildfire

S Brownlee Rd, Sylvia, KS 67581

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

As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to a brush fire near South Brownlee Road by West Illinois Avenue and West Blanchard Avenue. Radio traffic indicated two fire areas on opposite sides of the road and an estimated burn area of about 40 acres with light south winds.