Multiple brush fires cause traffic delays on NC 540, Wake County NC
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Fire & ArsonAccording to the dispatch call, multiple brush fires are burning along NC 540 near Leesville Road and mile markers 6.6 and 9.2. Fire departments are working at three different locations. The fires are causing heavy traffic delays in both directions.
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02:29
Transcript:
00:00
Florida departments work in three brush fires in that direction on 540.
00:04
Whiskey 2 kilo, Guilico Juliet.
00:10
Again, huh?
00:15
Where are they working them?
00:23
They just cleared one on Leesville Road, and then it goes up to mile marker 9, something I think they were saying, but it's spectacular traffic.
00:32
There's two separate ones that are having difficulty access.
00:36
Go ahead.
00:37
Oh,
00:42
okay, and that's uh,
00:44
that's headed eastbound or up towards Falls of the Neuse and that.
00:52
Roger.
00:57
I appreciate the heads up on that.
00:59
I'm going to just leave in Morrisville and I usually go 540 but I'm going to jump up to Highway 98 then.
01:16
I think that's the second time I've heard of this happening recently, if I'm not mistaken.
01:23
Yeah, the fire's looking at vicinity of 9.2 and the 6.6 mile markers at this point.
01:34
And it appears westbound.
01:46
Westbound or eastbound? Is it a good westbound?
01:57
It looks like westbound, but I think it's back in the look you lose.
02:12
Yeah, maybe it'll just be a good night to the countryside.
02:23
So I just turned on the Creedmoor Road and there's a fire engine sitting in the bill of the road here.
02:27
But maybe here's one of the spots.
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NC-540, North Carolina
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