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Controlled burn mistaken for trash fire near Cape Charles

Heard on: Accomack County Public Safety
02:55
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Fifteen fire response trash fire in the area of (number withheld) Frankfurt Highway, Cape Charles East Shore Recycling.
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Charles M Lankford Jr Memorial Hwy, Cape Charles, VA 23310
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As discussed during the dispatch call, fire crews responded to reports of smoke and flames near Eastern Shore Recycling on Langford Highway in Cape Charles. The call was initially treated as a possible trash fire, but responders later confirmed it was a controlled burn, and units were stood down.

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