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Person burning material in backyard mistaken for house fire, Charlotte NC

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/14/2025 03:59 AM

E W.T. Harris Blvd & Idlewild Rd, Charlotte, NC 28227

Fire units responded to a reported house fire near Idlewild Road and East W.T. Harris Boulevard in Charlotte. Upon arrival, they found a person burning material in their backyard without any structural fire.

Audio|Source: Charlotte and Mecklenburg County Fire

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Transcript:

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Battalion 1, Battalion 4, Engines, 29, 3,

00:05

23, and 42, ladder 23, rescue 11, safety 1, and tower 3, house fire, Idlewild Road and East W.T. Harris Boulevard,

00:14

Battalion 1, Battalion 4, engines, 29,

00:20

3, 23, and 42, ladder 23.

00:24

Rescue 11, Safety 1, and tower 3, house fire, Idlewild Road and East W.T. Harris Boulevard,

00:30

Oni, India.

00:40

Charlotte Fire Department.

00:42

The time is 0700 hours.

00:48

65 an alarm, pressing my hat to the box.

00:56

Phrase 65, you're going to be the further south.

01:01

Copy.

01:05

Brush 29.1.

01:08

Brush 29.

01:10

I'm in the box.

01:17

Engine 23 is off the single store of residence.

01:21

Who have smokes? You don't want it.

01:23

Peers is possibly a fire in the backyard.

01:28

Somebody just wanted to do command, possible fire in the backyard.

01:36

Command alarm, give me control.

01:39

All companies can clear.

01:41

Somebody's burning something in the backyard.

01:42

We can see him waving at us.

01:47

Typical make control time is 703.

01:51

Age 23 can handle.

01:52

Render the box can clear.

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Location mentioned:

E W.T. Harris Blvd & Idlewild Rd, Charlotte, NC 28227

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