Fire crews respond to wildfire near Potosi and Elmdale roads, Taylor County TX


Emergency crews are responding to a wildfire near Potosi Road and Elmdale Road in Taylor County. They are coordinating access and reconnaissance to control the fire. The terrain is rough with twisting roads and dense trees, making movement difficult.
Audio|Source: Taylor County Fire and EMS Departments
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Transcript:
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Potosi command detain to you.
00:02
Pettone 2, go ahead. I tasked medic 1 with going to Pitocci Road and finding access to that side of the fire and reconning that side of the fire for us.
00:11
Albuying command, uh, copy 10-4.
00:13
Sounds good.
00:14
Receive, yeah, we've made contact with both of them.
00:17
Brush Tunes kind of trying to recon the edge of this side and see where they can access to make sure that it's all covered.
00:23
You can go ahead with your traffic.
00:29
In commercial with Tom Young Young 75355.
00:35
If you're wanting to left right there, it looks like it's coming right to you.
00:38
Data, that's what go for.
00:40
For? into something.
00:41
To Abilene Command, we have made our way back through that house of that gate.
00:45
Looks like we're in a riverbed coming up to the head of this fire.
00:48
Actually, I can see one of your brush trucks to my right right now.
00:51
10-4. Engine 1, Buffalo Grop Rush 1.
00:55
Go ahead.
00:56
I'm on 18, fixing to turn on 18 right here.
00:59
All right, they have the tanker set up over on Elmdale Road just south of 18.
01:03
Teal and 4.
01:05
We have 4 y'all are coming out of there.
01:08
It's not great, it's pretty twisting and winding.
01:10
Repeat? It's not great.
01:11
Once you get back there, it's pretty bumpy, the trees are pretty sick, so it's kind of hard to maneuver.
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Location mentioned:
Potosi Rd & Elmdale Rd, Texas 79602
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