Large fire with illegal burning smell near Edgewood Rd, Boiling Spring Lakes NC


Officers responded to reports of a strong burning odor near Edgewood Road in a residential area. They found a large fire at 4993 Edgewood Road. There were concerns about illegal burning and possible land clearing, but no immediate signs of criminal arson or danger to life.
Audio|Source: Brunswick County Public Safety - VIPER
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Transcript:
00:00
Yeah, I smell that I hear them, but I don't see anything.
00:03
It does smell like illegal stuff.
00:09
I got that a fire smell.
00:15
About halfway down.
00:23
Still not seeing anything.
00:29
Seven service, green here, ever.
00:35
All right,
00:37
Penny. Figure eight, ten four.
00:43
All right, I'll have the next line in towards the cell there, then.
00:51
4161, we're going to be at Colonial and Crystal.
01:01
Yeah, y'all can just stand by there.
01:06
We have a good smell of something burning over right here in this area. Just don't, you know, smoke or nothing.
01:14
Yeah, we've got the odor a few times.
01:22
Westwood, the wind's going to blowing from this direction anyway, so...
01:28
Yeah, I'm not showing anything ever here on the Green Moss.
01:31
Well,
01:35
I got it.
01:36
Off the next one over from Westwood, and they've got a pretty good pile going.
01:41
It looks like...
01:44
Cancel.
01:48
And there's also lock clearing from the looks of it, so I guess we'll take a ride on around there.
01:58
I want to get dirt around, come up to the next road north of, sorry, south of Westwood.
02:04
Wait, it's that.
02:09
Bitch, they're going to be surprised since one, there's no burning a bay, and two, there's no rock clearing.
02:17
Yeah, not for mention,
02:20
you know, not a good day for burning big piles like that.
02:28
493 Edgewood.
02:34
Check out in 400.
02:39
400.
02:41
We've located the culprit. It's going to be 4993 Edgewood Road.
02:52
Two, 73.
02:55
We're back in service.
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Edgewood Rd, Boiling Spring Lakes, NC 28461
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