Smoke column near Williams Store Road is controlled burn, Rowan County NC

Fire & Arson

Reported: 11/14/2025 08:15 AM

Williams Store Rd, North Carolina 28137

Fire units responded to reports of a smoke column near Williams Store Road and Reeves Island. After investigation, the smoke was confirmed to be from a controlled burn and the response was canceled.

Audio|Source: Rowan County Fire and EMS, Salisbury Fire

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Transcript:

00:00

Tanker 6, I'm thinking it's probably just going to be the smoke column from our burn that we're doing over there on the other side of Reeves Island.

00:06

Can anyone?

00:13

Can you confirm the river, please?

00:19

Rowan 6,900 being route.

00:22

6,900.

00:27

Charlie, 140 Charlie.

00:30

Copy loop, 46, please.

00:33

214, please.

00:37

Anyone from a four driver, Rick, before.

00:41

Go ahead.

00:43

No conditions from a flat ten metal roof.

00:52

Oh, that's you.

00:56

Medicaid 51.

01:00

Answer, do you want?

01:03

Could you please advise which hospital you're transporting to?

01:08

Never.

01:09

Copy, thank you.

01:15

Yeah, if you'd like to do that, you certainly can.

01:19

This smoke column that they're calling about is definitely ours from the burn, though.

01:24

I'm right here at the intersection of near Williams Store and Brunton, or Bruttleon Hill.

01:32

Copy. We're heading out Williams Store Road now.

01:35

We'll meet you in a second.

01:36

I'll stop and get that drawn up.

01:42

Yeah, this Ranger 2.

01:44

Robbie, I'm pretty positive it is our smoke from our burn.

01:47

I don't see any need to throw a drone up if you want to.

01:50

I believe you can just cancel.

01:56

Copy. We'll cancel, but I'll stay in the area so we can just check and make sure.

02:06

That's in April.

02:07

Yeah.

02:12

Tanger 695 Rowan.

02:14

Tanker 695.

02:18

Ranger 3 believes it's the control burn, the only thing that Yenge drives.

02:23

We can cancel all 3669 personnel.

02:25

Show sign complete.

02:29

We copy. 3669 assignment complete at 1120.

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