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Possible unauthorized brush fire near Alum Springs RoadCulpeper VA

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Alum Springs Rd, Culpeper, VA 22701

According to the dispatch call, emergency units responded to reports of a possible brush fire near Alum Springs Road and Birdie Lane. Investigations did not identify any current permitted controlled burns in the immediate area. The fire appeared to be burning in a field near the road. Authorities contacted neighbors and checked property ownership records; however, it remained unclear if the landowner or occupant had permission to conduct the burn. Previous control burns were found at a different nearby location.

Audio|Heard on: Culpeper County Public Safety
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04:4
Transcript:
00:00
Cool cover to brush one.
00:01
The only control burn that's even remotely in the area is near Alum Springs Road.
00:06
Direct.
00:11
The one, Virginia, thank.
00:14
One more doing your side.
00:15
Okay, one bridge.
00:21
Sarah, Yankee, Yankee,
00:23
3857,
00:24
SYY-Y-8-5-7.
00:27
There.
00:32
Brod won't be in the area, Phil Weber?
00:35
Turn to a silver, 2026 Tesla, CB Expiration (number withheld), the Phyllis Miller,
00:41
Holambi of Rustin, Shankler.
00:45
I'll be trying, you know, put the 29thewishers.
00:49
Fresh one in the area, (number withheld).
00:51
The structure 29 dealerships, (number withheld).
00:53
Directly across the road from Birdie Lane is a field that is and stuff burning in the field.
00:59
I'm going to write down and do some investigate.
01:01
No turning down the field, going to go down and do some investigating.
01:05
Do you have any way of knowing who owns this property?
01:08
It'll be a polling,
01:10
(name withheld) Polling?
01:16
Or whatever you can show Wagon 1 in the area.
01:18
Wagon 1 in the area, (number withheld).
01:21
Wagon 1 to Rush 1.
01:22
We're going to have a stage out here on the gravel road.
01:25
Just lets us know if you need anything.
01:27
Correct.
01:33
First one, Cobber, appears to be like some stump files.
01:36
I'm going to be a little more investigating.
01:43
BD9 and call for all now, sir.
01:45
B9, go ahead.
01:51
You run the tag for me through Virginia,
01:54
Tango Alpha Tango (number withheld), T-A-T-(number withheld).
02:00
Correct.
02:02
First one's however, have you hit any control burns here in the last few days?
02:12
A bird B9, returns on 2017, Jeep, Gray and Color, Xeration (number withheld), to an Esther, one home,
02:20
dying. Off of when you may drive, vehicles clear, Oro's license, and clear.
02:26
You happen to have, can you check RMS if you have a contact phone number for that vehicle?
02:31
Brush one, Cobra.
02:32
Correct. Copebubber and Brush One.
02:34
We don't have any control burns from today, but we can take a look further back.
02:42
You probably might have something a few days back because there's a snow piles.
02:45
He's got over here, he's got a looter on site, but there is nobody here, and I'm pretty sure this is going to be (name withheld) Pulling's property.
02:51
(name withheld) Pulling's property.
02:58
We did have a control burn called in on the 4th at (number withheld) Dutch Hollow road by (name withheld) Pullen, but again, it's showing up the Dutch Hollow road address, which is several cross streets down, across from Arcee Lane, not Birdie.
03:04
But again, it's showing up the Dutch Hollow road address, which is several cross streets down, across from Arcee Lane, not Birdie.
03:11
Not directly across from Birdie, across Dutch Hollow.
03:15
Pold number (number withheld), fast-tracks.
03:17
(number withheld).
03:19
That's affirmative, the property that they called in the control for an ad is going to be the (number withheld) Dutch Hollow, which is paddy corner to RC lane.
03:28
It has some distance between that and Birdie Drive.
03:34
I'm not going to be a negative on the phone number.
03:36
I'm not showing anything on our mouth.
03:38
All right.
03:40
All right. All right.
03:43
One, the brush one.
03:44
Roger 1. Roger 1, go ahead.
03:46
Yeah, we made contact with a neighbor going to see adjacent land.
03:50
He stated that the owner of the land lit the fire approximately on Friday.
03:55
Does he know if (name withheld) Pullen owns this or uses this property?
03:57
Negative. It was unknown.
04:00
Negative. It was unknown.
04:03
Correct.

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Alum Springs Rd, Culpeper, VA 22701

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Incident Timeline

  1. Final Confirmation of Controlled Burn
  2. Units Clear the Scene
  3. Contact with Neighbor and Property Owner
  4. Control Burn Records Checked
  5. Investigation and Tag Check
  6. Initial Report of Smoke and Debris Piles

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