Fire crews battle brush fires near Florence Ave, Thonotosassa FL
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WildfireAccording to the dispatch call, fire crews in Hillsborough County responded to multiple brush fires near Florence Avenue in Thonotosassa, Florida. Teams coordinated from various access points, working along rail tracks and brush lines to contain remaining hotspots and prevent the spread toward nearby homes.
Audio|Heard on: Hillsborough FL Fire-Tac Group Calls
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02:23
Transcript:
00:00
Com 46, driver 46.
00:03
Driver 46.
00:06
Are y'all heading back to the scene?
00:09
Yes sir.
00:12
Copy. Just get down there and see if you're able to even access the tracks.
00:16
If not, we're on all the way down here.
00:20
Once we get down here, I don't see anywhere turning around, but I don't see any other houses or anything else.
00:26
Copy that.
00:29
Forty-six to twelve.
00:32
Twelve.
00:34
Hey, we're only able to get to the brush line to make sure there's nothing going on on that side.
00:39
So far it doesn't appear to be getting past there towards the houses.
00:44
Copy that. I'm walking down a couple houses north of where they went before just seeing if there's any better access here.
00:52
Copy. I walked all the way on south.
00:54
I didn't see much.
00:57
Just there's one spot that's pretty decent hot as far.
01:01
Copy. I walked all the way on south.
01:03
I didn't see much, but just there's one spot that's pretty decent amount of fire.
01:11
Copy that. We're coming back.
01:13
We had to cut in because we had to get to James Hall Road with about 15 people to put out the fire we had earlier.
01:20
Does it look like y'all are going to access that east side?
01:25
Negative, this area we're at.
01:26
It looks like we've been able to get through.
01:28
We'll work our way down.
01:31
Sorry, I was for brush 46.
01:34
Yeah, we're trying now.
01:38
If y'all can make it in there, just hug the brush line on this east side.
01:42
Come all the way down.
01:45
Further south areas is the worst of the fire.
01:49
Yeah, you got room to get up with some more.
01:54
Brush 46, the ditch doesn’t start until about 8 feet past this brush.
02:02
Copy that, copy that.
02:04
Engine 12,
02:06
46, are you even south of Florence?
02:11
Yeah, it's going to be like southeast.
02:13
It looks like the dead end of Florence is the worst spot.
02:18
There's about eight spot fires along tracks, but this one area is the last that's still ripping.
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Location mentioned:
Florence Ave, Thonotosassa, FL 33592
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