Man lighting illegal fire and approaching hunters near New Salem Rd, Union County NC


A man was seen burning clothing in a field near New Salem Road. His fire may be illegal. The man also approached hunters in the area, causing concern among them. Law enforcement and fire officials responded to the reports.
Audio|Source: Union County and North Carolina State Fire
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Transcript:
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Station 4, Law Enforcement, Legal Burn, 2.05, New Salem, 2,05, and New Salem Road, off round Charlie.
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Station 4 Utility 48, you're responding to an illegal burn with law enforcement at 2.5 in New Salem Road.
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The law enforcement was originally in route for a suspicious person, a male,
00:35
white four-door car, seen in the middle of the field, burning clothing.
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Not sure what he's doing.
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It's going to be a intersection.
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Stick on, can you reach, repeat your traffic on the last part.
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Hi, it's going to be at the Intersex Center 205 in New Salem.
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We're not sure what the mail is doing in the middle of the field.
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Copy that is in the field.
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Two other fiveers are going to be the one at New South Roaders just going to be in between in there. We're trying to figure it out.
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Unknown.
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Unknown.
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You're not, we are going to have another call on this, a different party saying that somebody was hunting and this male kept approaching them,
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not sure what he was planning to do when he approached them.
01:37
Indiana made a unit respondent.
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Location mentioned:
New Salem Rd, North Carolina
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