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Illegal materials added to controlled burn near Lincoln Way, Columbia City IN

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Near Lincoln Way Rd, Columbia City, IN 46725

A controlled burn near East Lincoln Way included prohibited materials like plastic pipe and old clothes. Responders found the fire mostly out. Residents were warned to burn only natural brush and timber.

Audio|Source: Whitley County Fire Dispatch
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Transcript:
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I just left an address near East Lincoln Way.
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They've got a control burn going that started out as a brush fire, but they threw a few pieces of plastic pipe on it and a bunch of old clothes.
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It turned down to mostly ash by the time we would get back and put it out.
00:21
It's got me pretty much out.
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I advise them not to be burning anything other than natural brush and timber.
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No building materials, no plastics, no tires.
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And they advise they were not going to do that.
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I also told them if they're going to get any more calls on it and they add to it, then we will exact and put it out.

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Near Lincoln Way Rd, Columbia City, IN 46725
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