Outdoor field fire near lee jackson highway in staunton, Staunton VA
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Fire & ArsonFire units responded to an outdoor fire in a field near Lee Jackson Highway in Staunton, close to Riverheads High School and south of Carrie Lane. The fire was not the control burn scheduled in the area.
Audio|Heard on: Augusta County and Staunton Fire and EMS
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Transcript:
00:00
A door fire in the area of 3111, we got highway up in County, too.
00:23
Press 253, Tinker 259, Company 255, Virginia Department of Forestry notification, outdoor fire in the area of 3111 Lee Jackson Highway, operating county to 246.
00:47
Poster could be responding 2048 to the area of 3111 Lee Jackson Highway and Stanton Creshoek's Cary Lane, Riverhead's Drive.
00:55
Caller reporting is a fire in a field just southeast of this location closer to Riverheads High School.
01:02
We do have a control burn listed off of Cary Lane.
01:06
The caller advised that it was going to be south of Cary Lane.
01:08
It doesn't believe it's the same thing.
01:15
Tanker 259 responding.
01:21
2049. 2049.
01:29
Tanker 259 responding.
01:35
9249.
01:37
To the area of 311, Lee Jackson Highway and Stanton, across its carry lane, Riverheads Drive.
01:42
caller reporting a fire in a field southeast of this location, closer to Riverheads High School.
01:47
We do have a control burn listed off of Cary Lane.
01:50
The caller advised that it was going to be south of this area.
01:54
It doesn't believe it's the same thing.
02:02
Spot's 250, brush 253.
02:09
Go ahead.
02:13
I think if you go down Cherry Lane, there's a trail back there where you take a right, it'll take you out in that field.
02:19
They usually, when they burn, they go out in that field several hundred yards south of the road there.
02:29
I'm turn.
02:33
Press 253, the tanker 259.
02:36
Go to the dispatch address, see if you can get eyes on it.
02:46
Where to Rack?
02:52
Brush 253 UCCC.
02:53
Press 253 UCC.
02:56
Okay,
02:58
Goodford.
03:04
You can show us on location off of Cary Lane.
03:09
There is a large, looks like a controlled burn brushfire in the field.
03:13
We're going to see if we can make contact with a homeowner.
03:17
Okay.
03:26
CCC from Response 250.
03:28
Is that Williams brothers that had the control burn?
03:33
Affirmative.
03:36
Okay, that's called be what it is.
03:38
They have it there three or four times a year.
03:48
104, when they called in their control burn earlier, they said that it was going to be in the field north of their location at 54 carry lane.
03:59
Our caller advised that this was going to be south closer the riverhead.
04:03
It's still going to be the same.
04:06
That's correct, but it's where they always burn.
04:09
I think they got their north and south mixed up when they called it in.
04:15
You see, Brett. Thank you. 24.
04:33
This is going to be south of Cary Lane.
04:36
It does look like a large, controlled burn.
04:38
There's nobody out next to the fire.
04:41
Do you have a contact information to see if anybody's around?
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