Brush fire under railroad bridge with man carrying knife nearby, Wichita KS
Fire & ArsonA small brush fire was reported under a Union Pacific railroad bridge near Greenway and Wassell. A man carrying a knife was seen nearby and later spotted on a bridge. Authorities are investigating the fire and looking for the man.
Audio|Source: Wichita and Sedgwick County Fire Resource / OPS-1
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Transcript:
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So some guy threw a box and is burning on the letters.
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Something about being signal four and he's got a knife in his hand.
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Fire is under a Union Pacific railroad track.
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The guy's walking towards Pawnee and Broadway.
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Chance 4. A chance you know if it's going to be on the north side or the south side of the river?
00:25
I wouldn't. I wouldn't know that, unfortunately. I'm sorry.
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Agent 22 from Battalion 2. Just a heads up.
00:36
Station 2 made a stabbing earlier in the day in that area. So if the guy has a knife, make sure you have a P.E.
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in the area here.
00:47
Good for.
00:53
It's 22 from Truck 7.
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We're at Greenway and Wassel.
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We've got no visuals on smoke at this bridge.
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Engine 2, Station 22 from Pops.
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At TD is in the area.
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They haven't located anybody just yet, though. Hispanic male, long, dark hair, wearing blue jeans.
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Not sure if they're going to be related or not.
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Just be vigilant.
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Engine 2, you guys can get a cigar if you'd like.
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10-4[1].
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OPS, 104 direct.
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Truck 7 from Ops.
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Truck 7. I went ahead and looked up this ping on the callback number for the caller.
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And it's pretty much right there at that bend,
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Greenway,
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and Wassel.
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I know you said he don't have anything over there, though.
02:06
That's it for. We did just spot a small whist of smoke. We're going to go investigate. I think this is what we're going to be looking at.
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10-4[1].
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Truck 7-322. Go ahead for truck 7. We've driven from Broadway to hydraulic along the river.
02:35
We've seen nothing as far as smoke.
02:39
We did see somebody who matched the guys a nice description dancing on top of the Johnny MacBridge.
02:52
We did just find a small brush fire under the bridge on this side of the river.
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We're going to put it out with KAN. I think this is what they called on.
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
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10-4: Acknowledgment of message received and understood; affirmative response.
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Location mentioned:
Union Pacific Railroad, Wichita, KS 67214
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