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Backyard debris fire ignites air conditioning unitLynchburg VA

audio iconFire & Arson
Near Water Gate Dr, Lynchburg, VA 24502

A structure fire was reported near Watergate Drive in Lynchburg, Virginia. Residents had burned debris in their backyard which accidentally ignited an air conditioning unit. Fire units responded and confirmed the fire was outside the building with no major damage inside.

Audio|Source: Lynchburg Fire Department
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Transcript:
00:00
Engine five, and today, Brach One, near Watergate Drive, Apartment D for Brush 5.
00:20
Engine 7, Tower 2, Truck 1, Rescue 1, Medicaid, Medics 7 battalion 1,
00:26
292, 2nd, near Watergate Drive, Department Dief, for a structure fire.
00:35
8-1-4-0, sir.
00:46
Injade REL,
00:47
Watergate Struck Spark.
00:53
Agent 3 is in round.
01:00
Tom, is that the same call you dispatch to Engine 5 in the rush truck to, if so, you can clear them?
01:10
Tessler, engine drive, and then.
01:17
Okay, hi, everyone.
01:20
Go ahead.
01:23
They're stating that they were lighting the box on fire in the backyard,
01:27
somehow turned out to the AC unit and caught it on fire.
01:31
Since that I'll have it on me off, speedy and out for shorterly subject on seat.
01:37
Okay.
01:40
Continue the response we've got to the first you can get on a major mode.
01:49
Battalion 2 Zinn or out.
01:57
104. Power.
02:00
Power, Chief.
02:04
Where in?
02:07
74 all units in Route 1-0-2.
02:15
Middick Girling Comp.
02:17
Medics Perry.
02:19
If I'm included as long as no EMS is needed, let me close to Medics 7, we'll take that's fresh on it fine.
02:26
Addict 7, Newcom.
02:32
God.
02:33
Now we'll keep it, Baddick 3.
02:36
Thank you anyway, Luke.
02:41
Medic 3, you can clear.
02:43
Engine A, you want to tell?
02:46
Engine A.
02:48
On scene, two sorts of the frame.
02:50
Nuclear structure, we've got nothing to show off from now for Bravo.
02:53
And Charles Dine, we'll be out investigating.
02:56
I'll have war game, yeah.
02:58
Yeah.
03:01
The engine's very late, come wrong, I'm saying we got the close.
03:22
Thank you for.
03:48
Watergate Command, we're gone.
03:53
We do have a fire, Charlie's out of the structure,
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outside,
03:59
outside, us, engine three, the rescue commandal.
04:04
Go on.
04:07
Time for.
04:09
Trouble, that's in service.
04:12
Tom.
04:19
Watergate commandlycom.
04:21
Have everybody continue until we find further.

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Near Water Gate Dr, Lynchburg, VA 24502

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