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Brush fire near capen subdivision in west virginia, Berkeley County WV

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Back Creek Valley Rd, West Virginia

A brush fire near Capen subdivision in West Virginia was reported. A child burning cardboard may have started the fire. A bus driver witnessed the fire and reported it.

Audio|Heard on: Berkeley County Fire & EMS
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00:23
Transcript:
00:00
Units in route to Capen, first house on the left in the subdivision, grass and a large tree on fire.
00:07
A child was burning cardboard.
00:15
That's possibly what started the fire, a fourth party call by a bus driver who saw it.
00:22
Back Creek Valley Road.

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Location mentioned:
Back Creek Valley Rd, West Virginia

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