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Deputies check possible fire risk at vacant house

Heard on: Boone County Public Safety
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Boone Patrol, any available unit, Morton.
audio iconFire & Arson
McKinley St, Wharton, WV 25208
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As discussed during the dispatch call, deputies in Morton were dispatched to a vacant two‑story house on McKinley Street after a report that a person possibly staying there might start a fire to stay warm. The location was described as an abandoned brown house near Mechanic Street.

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