Large wildfire burns in interstate median with heavy smoke


Audio|Source: East Central Arkansas Public Safety
03:9
Transcript:
First, I just got a phone with the fire department. We may be having to shut the interstate down. These fires are getting so big. They're on the way to fill up another truck, bring back out here. I'll let you know in a minute. I just got on 256 Westbound. I'll be able to just a minute. Okay. What's the location of that again? 253. in the median from the 253 all the way the 248 is where the fires are. But I think the worst ones between the 253 and a 252. Can you advise it's blowing across the eastbound or westbound? Eastbound side, but they're having to fight it from the westbound because of the smoke. I'll be out with him in just a second. Okay, so you're wanting to shut it down on the westbound side, incorrect? They'll probably have to shut both sides down. I'll let you know just a minute. Are y'all still in this area? I'm clearing this secondary crash here. I'm 19 that way now. 10-4. 814-84, I'm 1019 as well. 104. I think 10 is going to be on the westbound fire with me. If y'all go to the 247. y'all handle the eastbound side. If they need to shut it down, we'll have two on each side. 10.4. I'm at the 242. Do you want me to slow all that two to you when I get close? 21, 27. Can you load that traffic so I can get back around to you? 33, it's slower down pretty good, just, um. When you get up there and make contact with that truck, I'll let you know after that. Ten, I think that was the one you were talking about. Yeah, if it's on the north side, I understand, that was the big one. Ten. Ten. 17, you think this guy did all that? No, that's questionable. He was up in flames. It didn't go out until he pulled over. He told me he was just trying to stand in the middle of the interstate to... Stop from touching the vegetation, but obviously they didn't work.
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Woodruff County, AR
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